Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:10:11 +0100 | From | Morten Rasmussen <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/7] sched: power: Remove power capacity hints for kworker threads |
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On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 02:33:56PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 06:19:14PM +0100, Morten Rasmussen wrote: > > Removing power hints for kworker threads enables easier use of > > workqueues in the power driver late callback. That would otherwise > > lead to an endless loop unless it is prevented in the power driver. > > There's many kworker users; some of them actually consume lots of > cputime. Therefore how did you come to the conclusion that excepting all > users was the better choice of a little added complexity in the one > place where it actually matters?
Agreed that it is not ideal. I will find a better solution for this problem.
Thanks, Morten
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