linux-kernel - Re: [patch v4 1/8] add basic task isolation prctl interface

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Message-ID: <20211013113706.GA92593@fuller.cnet>
Date:   Wed, 13 Oct 2021 08:37:06 -0300
From:   Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Nitesh Lal <nilal@...hat.com>,
        Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@...hat.com>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Alex Belits <abelits@...its.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch v4 1/8] add basic task isolation prctl interface

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 07:56:37AM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 03:05:34PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 04:23:47PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > > Add basic prctl task isolation interface, which allows
> > > informing the kernel that application is executing 
> > > latency sensitive code (where interruptions are undesired).
> > > 
> > > Interface is described by task_isolation.rst (added by
> > > next patch).
> > 
> > That does not absolve you from actually writing a changelog here.
> > Life is too short to try and read rst shit.
> 
> The rst is concise and contains all necessary information.
> 
> Changelog is on the patch header (I would appreciate reviews of
> the interface itself, not sure why the changelog is important).

Err, changelog is on the patchset intro.