Re: [RFC&PATCH] Alternative RCU implementation

Manfred Spraul
2004-09-02T22:17:08Z

Jim Houston wrote:

>We add the following /proc files:
>
>/proc/shield/irqs
> Setting a bit limits the corresponding cpu to only handle
> interrupts which are explicitly directed to that cpu.
>
>/proc/shield/ltmrs
> Setting a bit limits the use of local timers on the
> corresponding cpu.
>
>
>
How do you handle schedule_delayed_work_on()?
slab uses it to drain the per-cpu caches. It's not fatal if a cpu
doesn't drain it's caches (just some wasted memory), but it should be
documented.

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Manfred