Re: -rc7 Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc6

Marc-Christian Petersen
2003-06-04T10:21:55Z

On Wednesday 04 June 2003 12:22, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

Hi Andrea,

> are you really sure that it is the right fix?
> I mean, the batching has a basic problem (I was discussing it with Jens
> two days ago and he said he's already addressed in 2.5, I wonder if that
> could also have an influence on the fact 2.5 is so much better in
> fariness)
> the issue with batching in 2.4, is that it is blocking at 0 and waking
> at batch_requests. But it's not blocking new get_request to eat requests
> in the way back from 0 to batch_requests. I mean, there are two
> directions, when we move from batch_requests to 0 get_requests should
> return requests. in the way back from 0 to batch_requests the
> get_request should block (and it doesn't in 2.4, that is the problem)
do you see a chance to fix this up in 2.4?

ciao, Marc