linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 09/11] sched: timer-driven next buddy (update)

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Date:	Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:14:40 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 09/11] sched: timer-driven next buddy (update)



On Fri, 27 Aug 2010, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:

> Sorry, I forgot that I based this patchset on top of my LTTng tree all along, so
> this new patch version is needed for reject-less application of the patchset on
> a vanilla 2.6.35.2 tree.

That does not change my opinion on that much.

As I said before I strongly object to implement special handling for a
particular wakeup scenario as this will open a can of worms for all
other special cases and workloads.

Thanks,

	tglx



 
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