From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753420Ab3B1I3d (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:29:33 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:51968 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752028Ab3B1I3c (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:29:32 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 303 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:29:32 EST X-Authenticated: #14349625 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/3sHYdlsn3AL1BAKzZsjz1V7AE4ITK4Zl1Bh+PPr DIkyiGPcgFczT7 Message-ID: <1362039862.4460.132.camel@marge.simpson.net> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] sched: wakeup buddy From: Mike Galbraith To: Michael Wang Cc: LKML , Ingo Molnar , Peter Zijlstra , Paul Turner , Alex Shi , Andrew Morton , Ram Pai , "Nikunj A. Dadhania" , Namhyung Kim Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:24:22 +0100 In-Reply-To: <512F11E6.8060807@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <512EFB4B.5040204@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1362035917.4460.105.camel@marge.simpson.net> <512F09D4.1020307@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1362038652.4460.124.camel@marge.simpson.net> <512F11E6.8060807@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2013-02-28 at 16:14 +0800, Michael Wang wrote: > On 02/28/2013 04:04 PM, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > It would be nice if it _were_ a promise, but it is not, it's a hint. > > Bad to know :( > > Should we fix it or this is by designed? The comments after WF_SYNC > cheated me... You can't fix it, because it's not busted. You can say "Ok guys, I'm off for a nap RSN" all you want, but that won't guarantee that nobody pokes you, and hands you something more useful to do than snoozing. -Mike