linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] support "dataplane" mode for nohz

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Message-Id: <20150508141824.797eb0d89d514e39fd30fffe@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 8 May 2015 14:18:24 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>
Cc:	Gilad Ben Yossef <giladb@...hip.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Rik van Riel" <riel@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	<linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] support "dataplane" mode for nohz_full

On Fri, 8 May 2015 13:58:41 -0400 Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com> wrote:

> A prctl() option (PR_SET_DATAPLANE) is added

Dumb question: what does the term "dataplane" mean in this context?  I
can't see the relationship between those words and what this patch
does.

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