linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vmstat_update: ensure work remains on the same core

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFx_2HUHXQDrOYpB3qpqg=LqMw0zjTj9S7ctgg9c6Hy_Ew@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:54:56 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
	Shaohua Li <shli@...com>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmstat_update: ensure work remains on the same core

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com> wrote:
> By using schedule_delayed_work(), we are preferring the local
> core for the work, but not requiring it.

Heh. See commit 176bed1de5bf.

I added curly braces, because I hate the "half-bracing" that the code
had (ie a "else" statement with curly braces on one side but not the
other), but otherwise identical patches, I think.

               Linus
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