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Date:	Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:10:35 +0200
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Don Mullis <don.mullis@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, airlied@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] lib: more scalable list_sort()

On Sun, 2010-01-24 at 21:59 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Similarly, adding cond_resched() to list_sort means you can stop
> > worrying about the scheduling latency impact of sorting long lists.
> > I fail to see why you're making such a big deal out of this.....
> 
> It's not easy to add it to a low level library function like list_sort()
> because you would need to ensure that all callers are allowed to sleep.
> 
> Or even if all callers currently allow it future ones might not.
> 
> So it would need a new flag or so if needed, completely changing 
> the interface.

Don made IMO a good proposal for the caller to add cond_reshed() in its
'cmp()' callback, if needed. Shouldn't that work fine?

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

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