linux-kernel - Re: excessive kworker activity when idle. (was Re: vma corruption in today's -git)

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Message-ID: <AANLkTimbjYuCT0VNDM5Rk_+20LocZHYaWKU37ROv3i+G@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:21:37 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: excessive kworker activity when idle. (was Re: vma corruption in
 today's -git)

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Regardless, I'll put my money where my mouth is, and try to remove the
> crazy re-flush thing.

Yeah, that doesn't work. The tty does actually lock up when it fills
up. So clearly we actually depended on that reflushing happening.

That said, I do still think it's the right thing to do to remove that
line, it just means that I need to figure out where the missing flush
is.

                         Linus
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