Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Apr 2015 11:33:46 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] nohz: add tick_nohz_full_clear_cpus() and _set_cpus() APIs |
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* Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com> wrote:
> On 04/06/2015 02:29 PM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > >On Mon, Apr 06, 2015 at 02:16:44PM -0400,cmetcalf@ezchip.com wrote: > >>>From: Chris Metcalf<cmetcalf@ezchip.com> > >>> > >>>The "clear" API is useful, for example, to modify a cpumask to avoid > >>>the nohz cores so that interrupts aren't sent to them. > >>> > >>>Likewise the "set" API is useful to modify a cpumask indicating some > >>>special nohz-type functionality so that the nohz cores are > >>>automatically added to that set. > >>> > >>>Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf<cmetcalf@ezchip.com> > >>>--- > >>>Frederic, if you could ack this patch (and maybe the next) before > >>>I ask for it to be pulled into the timer tree that would be great. > >>>I will wait a few days before asking in case anyone else has any > >>>other issues or would like to provide an Acked-by. > >Sure, or better yet I should take them since they are full nohz code. > >And I have a pending pile to pull-request to timer tree. > > That would be great, thanks.
That's fine with me too!
My main worry was not about the specific patches but about the route they take: it gets better review and better response to future bugs if it goes through the usual maintainer tree (Frederic's).
Thanks,
Ingo
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