On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:08:54 -0800 Arjan van de Ven <ar...@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > I think I know, but I feel the need to ask anyway. Why not tell > > RCU about the clamping? > > I don't mind telling RCU, but what cannot happen is a bunch of CPU > time suddenly getting used (since that is the opposite of what is > needed at the specific point in time of going idle) Another reason is my observation that there are some assumptions/checks to make sure only idle thread can tell rcu it is idle. Is it ok to extend that to other kthreads? -- Thanks, Jacob -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
