* [Linux-ia64] Re: Preemption patch
@ 2003-02-04 1:03 David Mosberger
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From: David Mosberger @ 2003-02-04 1:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
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>>>>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 11:42:51 +1100, Peter Chubb <peter@chubb.wattle.id.au> said:
Peter> The main changes are in entry.S to check the RESCHEDULE flag
Peter> for kernel threads if preempt_count() is zero, and call
Peter> schedule() if so. As my IA64 assembly language skills are
Peter> shaky, I'd appreciate someone reviewing that bit of code (as
Peter> it's also performance critical).
I looked over your changes to entry.S and they look fine to me. The
code probably could be scheduled better, but I assume you're aware of
that and you are focusing on correctness for now.
--david
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