linux-kernel - Re: kernel processes - are they really needed?

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Message-ID: <p73k5p32nqk.fsf@bingen.suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:33:07 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>, Ram <vshrirama@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel processes - are they really needed?

"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> writes:

> 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?

How long? 

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

How often does that happen? Can't you just start a thread for this
as needed? Or if it's a simple algorithm you can just use a state machine
using timers?

-Andi
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