netdev - Re: [PATCH UPDATED 1/3] vhost: replace vhost

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Message-ID: <4C4DAB14.5050809@kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:34:44 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...ial.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH UPDATED 1/3] vhost: replace vhost_workqueue with per-vhost
 kthread

Hello,

On 07/26/2010 05:25 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> BTW, kthread_worker would benefit from the optimization I implemented
> here as well.

Hmmm... I'm not quite sure whether it's an optimization.  I thought
the patch was due to feeling uncomfortable about using barriers?  Is
it an optimization?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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