Re: [PATCH] move put_task_struct() reaping into a thread [Re: 2.6.18-rt1]

Ingo Molnar
2006-09-27T09:13:48Z

* Bill Huey <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org> wrote:

> > more than just changing locking behavior. Which is what brought me
> > into this conversation in the first place. So removing that point
> > of discord would be good.
>
> Yes, there are few places. It was primarily to handle the reaping
> during the finishing parts of a fork. All in all, it's not at all a
> critical path.

no. It was primarily to move the put_task_struct() off the
context-switch fastpath. (In comparison the fork use is much rarer)

Ingo