linux-kernel - Re: x86, mce, Use user return notifier in mce

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:34:27 -0800
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>,
	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: x86, mce, Use user return notifier in mce

Hello,

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 09:21:15AM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> "high priority work queue" sounds like a good idea.
> 
> Hi, Tejun,
> 
> Do you think the concept of "high priority work queue" is possible?
> This is the requirement from our RAS guys.  To make some hardware
> recovery function to be executed ASAP in process context.

Take a look at Documentation/workqueue.txt.  It already has
WQ_HIGHPRI.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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