Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 May 2015 10:27:44 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/6] support "dataplane" mode for nohz_full |
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On Mon, 11 May 2015 10:19:16 -0700 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 08:57:59AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > > NO_HZ_LEAVE_ME_THE_FSCK_ALONE! > > NO_HZ_OVERFLOWING?
Actually, "NO_HZ" shouldn't appear in the name at all. The objective is to permit userspace to execute without interruption. NO_HZ is a part of that, as is NO_INTERRUPTS. The "NO_HZ" thing is a historical artifact from an early partial implementation.
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