Re: workqueue thing

Jeff Garzik
2009-12-23T06:13:34Z

On 12/23/2009 01:02 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> One key thing i havent seen in this discussion are actual measurements. I
> think a lot could be decided by simply testing this patch-set, by looking at
> the hard numbers: how much faster (or slower) did a particular key workload
> get before/after these patches.

We are dealing with situations where drivers are using workqueues to
provide a sleep-able context, and trying to solve problems related to that.

"faster or slower?" is not very relevant for such cases.

Jeff