lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2004]   [Aug]   [20]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: 2.6.8.1-mm2

* Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@in.ibm.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to modify release_task to not remove self-reaping tasks
> from the list (and possibly have it removed during
> finish_task_switch)?
>
> This should solve the hotplug race as well as keep the current
> optimization?

see the patch i just sent - it disables hotplug in that critical
self-reap section.

(another solution would be for the hotplug code to also look into the
local runqueue for tasks to migrate, not only the tasklist.)

Ingo
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 14:05    [W:0.119 / U:0.472 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site