linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET] mempool, percpu, blkcg: fix percpu stat allocation and remove stats

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Message-ID: <20120307231522.GF30676@google.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 Mar 2012 15:15:22 -0800
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, axboe@...nel.dk, hughd@...gle.com,
	avi@...hat.com, nate@...nel.net, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dpshah@...gle.com,
	ctalbott@...gle.com, rni@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] mempool, percpu, blkcg: fix percpu stat allocation
 and remove stats_lock

Hello, Andrew.

On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 03:08:06PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Just the "msleep adds to load average" issue needs thinking about.

Oh, it's now requeueing delayed work item so that's solved.

> It's rather a miserable patch :(

Agreed.  Well, I'd like to think we tried hard enough for
alternatives.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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