linux-kernel - Re: [take14 0/3] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

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Date:	Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:47:50 +0200
From:	"Jari Sundell" <sundell.software@...il.com>
To:	"Nicholas Miell" <nmiell@...cast.net>
Cc:	"Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@...hat.com>,
	"Evgeniy Polyakov" <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Zach Brown" <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	"Christoph Hellwig" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Chase Venters" <chase.venters@...entec.com>
Subject: Re: [take14 0/3] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

On 8/28/06, Nicholas Miell <nmiell@...cast.net> wrote:
> Also complicated is the case where waiting threads have different
> priorities, different timeouts, and different minimum event counts --
> how do you decide which thread gets events first? What if the decisions
> are different depending on whether you want to maximize throughput or
> interactivity?

BTW, what is the intended use of the min event count parameter? The
obvious reason I can see, avoiding waking up a thread too often with
few queued events, would imo be handled cleaner by just passing a
parameter telling the kernel to try to queue more events.

With a min event count you'd have to use a rather low timeout to
ensure that events get handled within a resonable time.

Rakshasa
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