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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH] sched/rt: Use IPI to trigger RT task push migration instead of pulling
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On Fri, 2015-02-06 at 13:40 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 11:04:20AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> Well, the thing is, with or without this patch, the worst case is still
> the very same. The likelihood of actually triggering it goes down
> dramatically [*], but any spin_lock() has that O(nr_cpus) worst case, and
> that spinlock op isn't going away.
>
> Now, lowering avg/median cases is good, but don't kid yourself that the
> worst case is going to be better.
>
> People running -RT on big boxes had better be aware of this.

The folks I know of running -RT on big boxen isolate cores and nail
absolutely everything to the floor. The only way to survive in a big
box is to chop the thing into tiny pieces. A plasma cutter would be
even better.. 'course you could just _buy smaller boxen_ and connect
what you want connected, take the lazy path to big box solution ;-)

-Mike



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