Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:13:28 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: workqueue thing |
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On 12/23/2009 01:02 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > One key thing i havent seen in this discussion are actual measurements. I > think a lot could be decided by simply testing this patch-set, by looking at > the hard numbers: how much faster (or slower) did a particular key workload > get before/after these patches.
We are dealing with situations where drivers are using workqueues to provide a sleep-able context, and trying to solve problems related to that.
"faster or slower?" is not very relevant for such cases.
Jeff
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