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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:06:51 +0200 From: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com> To: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de> CC: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org> Subject: Re: [RFC -v2 PATCH 2/3] sched: add yield_to function On 12/20/2010 12:50 PM, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > > > > > Would a kick/hint option be useful? > > > > > > > > Depends on what it does... > > > > > > Let you decide whether you only want to drop a hint and leave it at > > > that, or also attempt a preemption. > > > > Who is "you" in this? the scheduler? > > The caller. > I guess it works. We can start out without preemption, if we see we spin to much, preempt. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function -- 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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