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From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
To: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: softirq buggy
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:50:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010409155052.H7108@athlon.random> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200104081758.VAA15670@ms2.inr.ac.ru> <3AD0D9A8.189AA43C@colorfullife.com>
In-Reply-To: <3AD0D9A8.189AA43C@colorfullife.com>; from manfred@colorfullife.com on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 11:35:36PM +0200

On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 11:35:36PM +0200, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> I've attached a new patch:
> 
> * cpu_is_idle() moved to <linux/pm.h>
> * function uninlined due to header dependencies
> * cpu_is_idle() doesn't call do_softirq directly, instead the caller
> returns to schedule()
> * cpu_is_idle() exported for modules.
> * docu updated.
> 
> I'd prefer to inline cpu_is_idle(), but optimizing the idle code path is
> probably not that important ;-)

your cpu_is_idle will return 0 in the need_resched != 0 check even if the cpu
is idle (because of the -1 trick for avoiding the SMP-IPI to notify the cpu).

The issue you are addressing is quite londstanding and it is not only related
to the loop with an idle cpu.

This is the way I prefer to fix it:

	ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/patches/v2.4/2.4.4pre1/ksoftirqd-1

Andrea

  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-04-09 13:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2001-03-25 23:10 ` Serial port latency Pavel Machek
2001-03-29  7:58   ` Manfred Spraul
2001-03-30 22:36     ` Pavel Machek
2001-03-31 22:09       ` Manfred Spraul
2001-04-03 23:07         ` softirq buggy [Re: Serial port latency] Pavel Machek
2001-04-04 21:18           ` Manfred Spraul
2001-04-06 12:00             ` Pavel Machek
2001-04-07 22:28               ` Manfred Spraul
2001-04-08 16:58                 ` kuznet
2001-04-08 17:21                   ` Manfred Spraul
2001-04-08 17:58                     ` kuznet
2001-04-08 18:16                       ` Manfred Spraul
2001-04-08 21:35                       ` [PATCH] Re: softirq buggy Manfred Spraul
2001-04-09  8:42                         ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-04-09 13:50                         ` Andrea Arcangeli [this message]
2001-04-09 15:26                           ` Manfred Spraul
2001-04-09 17:31                             ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-04-09 17:48                             ` kuznet
2001-04-09 18:26                               ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-04-10  0:37   ` Serial port latency Andrea Arcangeli
2001-04-09 11:37 [PATCH] Re: softirq buggy Studierende der Universitaet des Saarlandes

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