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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:43:14 +0100
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, awalls@...ix.net,
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Subject: Re: workqueue thing
Stefan Richter wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> (Plus reduction in driver complexity can be measured as well, in the diffstat
>> space.)
>>
>> So there's no leap of faith needed really, IMHO.
>
> To measure this properly by means of diffstat, first convert typical
> create_singlethread_workqueue users to <linux/slow-work.h>, then convert
> them back to <linux/workqueue.h>. Then look at the diffstat of the
> _second_ step.
PS: Or easier, just do the first step and take its diffstat --- the
reverse of that diffstat is more or less the benefit that cmwq would
provide.
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Stefan Richter
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