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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:33:13 -0600 From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com> To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> Cc: trond.myklebust@....uio.no, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/45] Make the slow work pool configurable [ver #41] Quoting David Howells (dhowells@...hat.com): > Make the slow work pool configurable through /proc/sys/kernel/slow-work. > > (*) /proc/sys/kernel/slow-work/min-threads > > The minimum number of threads that should be in the pool as long as it is > in use. This may be anywhere between 2 and max-threads. > > (*) /proc/sys/kernel/slow-work/max-threads > > The maximum number of threads that should in the pool. This may be > anywhere between min-threads and 255 or NR_CPUS * 2, whichever is greater. > > (*) /proc/sys/kernel/slow-work/vslow-percentage > > The percentage of active threads in the pool that may be used to execute > very slow work items. This may be between 1 and 99. The resultant number > is bounded to between 1 and one fewer than the number of active threads. > This ensures there is always at least one thread that can process very > slow work items, and always at least one thread that won't. > > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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