linux-kernel - Re: [3.0-rc3] tree RCU boost vs hang notifier...

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:16:42 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Stefan Seyfried <stefan.seyfried@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [3.0-rc3] tree RCU boost vs hang notifier...

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:44:02AM +0000, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:40:48 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 01:46:04PM +0800, Daniel J Blueman wrote:
> >> Tested-by: Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@...il.com>
> > 
> > Thank you very much for testing this!
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Will this also fix the constant system load of 1.0 or is this a different 
> issue? (If it was, I'd need to report it properly ;)

Hello, Stefan,

Yes, it should also reduce the system load, given that the load
calculations count tasks sleeping uninteruptably but not tasks
sleeping interruptably.

							Thanx, Paul
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