Re: [RFC patch 0/5] genirq: add infrastructure for threaded interrupt handlers

[Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>]

On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 03:33:05PM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:31:46 -0700
> Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 04:46:09PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> writes:
> > > >
> > > >  - move long running handlers out of the hard interrupt context
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure I'm really looking forward to this brave new world
> > > of very long running interrupt handlers. e.g. what do you
> > > do for example when some handler blocks for a very long time?
> > 
> > We have this issue today with some irqs (USB is known for issue
> > here...)
> > 
> > So I don't think this is a big issue, and in the end, a better idea as
> > it might force us to confront some of the big abusers and fix them.
> > 
> 
> one of the things irq threads gives you is that 'top' will show you
> which ones are eating cpu ;-)

oprofile does that job fine already and is imho any time preferable
for detailed analysis.

-andi

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