Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] Introducing TIF_NOTIFY_IPI flag

Peter Zijlstra
2024-06-15T01:43:06Z

On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 12:48:37PM +0200, Vincent Guittot wrote:

> The main problem is that need_resched becomes somewhat meaningless
> because it doesn't only mean "I need to resched a task" and we have
> to add more tests around even for those not using polling

The converse problem is that you're adding a bunch of atomic ops that
might be avoided.

It might now need to set both the RESCHED and IPI flags -- and clear
them again.