From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261192AbVGLGiQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:38:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261196AbVGLGiQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:38:16 -0400 Received: from b3162.static.pacific.net.au ([203.143.238.98]:53917 "EHLO cunningham.myip.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261192AbVGLGiP (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:38:15 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] [5/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 350-workthreads.patch From: Nigel Cunningham Reply-To: ncunningham@cyclades.com To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Nigel Cunningham , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20050710230441.GC513@infradead.org> References: <11206164393426@foobar.com> <112061643920@foobar.com> <20050710230441.GC513@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Cycades Message-Id: <1121150400.13869.22.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6-1mdk Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:40:00 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi. On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 09:04, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Again, why do you think you need this? 1. If something should be wrong with the freezer, it forms part of a safety net that stops your data on disk being trashed. 2. Separating out threads doing syncing from threads submitting I/O makes the refrigerator much more reliable, even under extreme load. Regards, Nigel -- Evolution. Enumerate the requirements. Consider the interdependencies. Calculate the probabilities. Be amazed that people believe it happened.