Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Mar 2000 13:04:47 -0500 (EST) | From | William Montgomery <> | Subject | Re: scheduler ignores need_resched flag in 2.2.x and 2.3.x? |
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote:
> > I say again, the need_resched is _not_ lost. The whole issue is cleanly > > resolved by referencing the proper "current" structure when need_resched > > is set. > > > > Please read my previous posts on this thread. > > My question is why the last part of the scheduler needs to run with interrupts > enabled. > It doesnt need to, it just isnt necessary to disable/spin_lock interrupts at that time. Interrupts are only disabled when necessary, this keeps interrupt latency low.
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