Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Mon, 3 Oct 2011 08:28:48 -0700 | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/5] Signal scalability series |
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On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org> wrote: > > You and me both. Unfortunately, the ia64 guys had a different opinion, > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ia64/msg08363.html
Well, considering that it apparently slows down the single-threaded case by 50% on an architecture that actually *matters*, I think the whole discussion is somewhat academic, don't you?
"Scalability" is pretty much never a valid excuse for "slows down the common case".
Linus
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