linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Pre-emption control for userspace

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Message-ID: <5317BDAD.9030805@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:13:33 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@...cle.com>, David Lang <david@...g.hm>
CC:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, peterz@...radead.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Pre-emption control for userspace

On 03/05/2014 04:02 PM, Khalid Aziz wrote:
> 
> Yes, you had made that suggestion earlier and I like it. It will be in
> v2 patch. I am thinking of making the penalty be denial of next
> preemption immunity request if a process fails to yield when it should
> have. Sounds good?
> 

That is the minimum penalty possible.  Hopefully that is sufficient.

	-hpa


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