linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpuset: Rework sched domains and CPU hotplug handling (2.6.27-rc1)

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Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:29:27 -0500
From:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
To:	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, menage@...gle.com,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, vegard.nossum@...il.com,
	lizf@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuset: Rework sched domains and CPU hotplug handling
 (2.6.27-rc1)

Max wrote:
> But it does seem like an overkill to schedule a workqueue ...

"overkill" -- by what metric?

If something is overkill, it means something is excessive.
Excess (and deficiency) occur along some scale, some metric.

If not by CPU cycles, then by what metric is it overkill?

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