Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Tue, 22 Aug 2017 11:25:52 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched/wait: Break up long wake list walk |
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On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > So I propose testing the attached trivial patch. It may not do > anything at all. But the existing code is actually doing extra work > just to be fragile, in case the scenario above can happen.
Side note: the patch compiles for me. But that is literally ALL the testing it has gotten. I spent more time writing that email trying to explain what my thinking was about that patch, than I spent anywhere else on that patch.
So it may be garbage. Caveat probator.
Linus
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