linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] improve stop

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Message-ID: <4B91128A.5000305@kernel.org>
Date:	Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:17:46 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] improve stop_machine performance

Hello,

On 03/05/2010 11:11 PM, Dimitri Sivanich wrote:
> It seems reasonable as long as setup is fast enough.  Will that
> thread indeed become fully uninterruptible (not affected by anything
> including scheduler decisions like
> sched_rt_period_us/sched_rt_runtime_us, etc..)?

I think so.  They basically are used to do the same thing - occupying
the CPU.  I'll give a shot.  Please give me a couple of days.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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