Re: [patch] O(1) scheduler, -D1, 2.5.2-pre9, 2.4.17

Brian Gerst
2002-01-07T19:04:39Z

Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> -D1 is a quick update over -D0:
>
> http://redhat.com/~mingo/O(1)-scheduler/sched-O1-2.5.2-D1.patch
> http://redhat.com/~mingo/O(1)-scheduler/sched-O1-2.4.17-D1.patch
>
> this should fix the child-inherits-parent-priority-boost issue that causes
> interactivity problems during compilation.
>
> Ingo

I noticed in this patch that you removed the rest_init() function. The
reason it was split from start_kernel() is that there was a race where
init memory could be freed before the call to cpu_idle(). Note that
start_kernel() is marked __init and rest_init() is not.

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Brian Gerst