linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0 of 4] Generic AIO by scheduling stacks

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Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:41:11 -0800
From:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
To:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-aio@...ck.org,
	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 4] Generic AIO by scheduling stacks

> Take FPU state: memory copies and RAID xor functions use MMX/SSE and
> require that the full task state be saved and restored.

Sure, that much is obvious.  I was hoping to see what FPU state  
juggling actually requires.  I'm operating under the assumption that  
it won't be *terrible*.

> Task priority is another.  POSIX AIO lets you specify request  
> priority, and
> it really is needed for realtime workloads where things like keepalive
> must be processed at a higher priority.

Yeah.  A first-pass approximation might be to have threads with asys  
system calls grouped by priority.  Leaving all that priority handling  
to the *task* scheduler, instead of the dirt-stupid fibril  
"scheduler", would be great.  If we can get away with it.  I don't  
have a good feeling for what portion of the world actually cares  
about this, or to what degree.

- z
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