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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@infradead.org>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] Voluntary Kernel Preemption, 2.6.12-rc4-mm2
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 15:56:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050524145636.GA15943@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050524132105.GA29477@elte.hu>

On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 03:21:05PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> this patch (ontop of the current -mm scheduler patchset plus the 
> previous 2 patches from me) adds a new preemption model: 'Voluntary 
> Kernel Preemption'. The 3 models can be selected from a new menu:
> 
>             (X) No Forced Preemption (Server)
>             ( ) Voluntary Kernel Preemption (Desktop)
>             ( ) Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)
> 
> we still default to the stock (Server) preemption model.
> 
> Voluntary preemption works by adding a cond_resched() 
> (reschedule-if-needed) call to every might_sleep() check.

I still disagree with this one violently.  If you want a cond_resched()
add it where nessecary, but don't hide it behind might_sleep - there
could be quite a lot might_sleeps in common codepathes and they should
stay purely a debug aid.


  reply	other threads:[~2005-05-24 14:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-05-24 12:15 [patch] remove set_tsk_need_resched() from init_idle() Ingo Molnar
2005-05-24 13:21 ` [patch] Voluntary Kernel Preemption, 2.6.12-rc4-mm2 Ingo Molnar
2005-05-24 14:56   ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2005-05-24 15:09     ` Ingo Molnar
2005-05-24 15:21       ` Nick Piggin
2005-05-24 15:33         ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-05-24 15:34           ` Nick Piggin
2005-05-24 15:39         ` Ingo Molnar
2005-05-24 15:59           ` Nick Piggin
2005-05-24 16:11             ` Ingo Molnar
2005-05-25 19:48       ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-05-24 14:06 ` [patch] remove set_tsk_need_resched() from init_idle() Ingo Molnar
2005-05-24 15:02   ` Nick Piggin
2005-05-24 15:05     ` Ingo Molnar
2005-05-24 15:24       ` Nick Piggin
2005-05-24 15:27         ` Ingo Molnar
2005-05-24 15:42           ` Ingo Molnar
2005-05-24 16:00             ` Nick Piggin
2005-05-25 12:24             ` Andrew Morton
2005-05-25 13:51               ` Ingo Molnar
2005-05-25 13:58                 ` Ingo Molnar
2005-05-28 16:32                 ` Russell King
2005-05-28 18:51                   ` Ingo Molnar
2005-05-29  4:05                     ` Nick Piggin
2005-05-29  6:01                       ` Ingo Molnar

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