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Message-ID: <d120d5000710310935i13629beahdc01e775e3cf6aa@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:35:31 -0400
From:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Ram <vshrirama@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel processes - are they really needed?

On 10/24/07, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
>
> My favourite for a ridiculous thread was and is "kpsmoused"
>

Mouse querying can take significant amount of time. Do you really want
all your other events to be delayed just because kernel tries to get
mouse back in order?

Although I probably want to kill it if mouse resync is disabled...

-- 
Dmitry
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