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> 2. What is the rationale for supposing that a retry a nanosecond later will help? If it will help, why didn't the kernel just do that?
[1] https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html
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> 2. What is the rationale for supposing that a retry a nanosecond later will help? If it will help, why didn't the kernel just do that?
[1] https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html