linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 14/15] nohz_task: Clear nohz task attribute on exit()

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Message-ID: <1292862628.5021.45.camel@laptop>
Date:	Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:30:28 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@....ibm.com>,
	Tim Pepper <lnxninja@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 14/15] nohz_task: Clear nohz task attribute on
 exit()

On Mon, 2010-12-20 at 16:24 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> 
> Clear the nohz task attribute when a task exits, clear the cpu
> mask and restart the tick if necessary.
> 
I'm not quite sure this all makes sense, I mean, we're going from 1 to 0
tasks, right?
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