linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] kthread: convert worker lock to raw spinlock

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Date:   Tue, 9 Oct 2018 12:56:22 +0200
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
Cc:     Julia Cartwright <julia@...com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@...gutronix.de>,
        Tim Sander <tim@...eglstein.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kthread: convert worker lock to raw spinlock

On 2018-10-05 20:10:35 [+0200], Andrea Parri wrote:
> 
> Clearly not my topic..., but out of curiosity:  What do you mean by
> "well-bounded" and "minimal"?  Can you maybe point me to some doc.?

it means that the lock is not held for an arbitrary amount of time like
by processing a list with thousand items. Well-bounded would mean not
process more than one or five (or so) at a time.

>   Andrea

Sebastian