linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -V2] acpi: don't cond

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Date:	Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:34:24 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Alexey Starikovskiy <aystarik@...il.com>
Cc:	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -V2] acpi: don't cond_resched if irq is disabled


> >> If there are none, fine.
> >>     
> >>> #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
> >>> # define preemptible()  (preempt_count() == 0 && !irqs_disabled())
> >>> # define IRQ_EXIT_OFFSET (HARDIRQ_OFFSET-1)
> >>> #else
> >>> # define preemptible()  0
> >>> # define IRQ_EXIT_OFFSET HARDIRQ_OFFSET
> >>> #endif
> >>>       
> >
> > Well, normally we want low latency even for !CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels.
> >
> > Actually, explicit preemption points are NOPs for CONFIG_PREEMPT
> > kernels, right?

> Right. Do you have code?

I'd prefer to spend my time with patches to areas that actually do
take cleanup patches.
									Pavel
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