Re: [PATCH RFC] 1/2 central workspace for zlib

David S. Miller
2003-05-31T08:00:01Z

From: Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 09:56:15 +0200

On Fri, 30 May 2003 23:55:05 -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> You'll need to disable preemption.

My gut feeling claims that this would hurt interactivity.

You can't leave the per-cpu workspace in an indeterminate
state, you'll context switch and meanwhile that workspace will
be used by another client or you'll next get scheduled on
a different cpu and use a different workspace.