On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:07:37 -0700 (PDT), Open Source <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 4) The process "sleeps" to wait for the disk. > (No other processes are running so only the idle loop > is running at this point.) > 5) An interrupt triggers back from the disk. > 6) The process wakes up. > > Now if #6 didn't happen immediately, such user operations > would slow appreciably as CONFIG_HZ is reduced. > Maybe I misspoke by saying the "scheduler" runs for #6 > to wake up. I don't know the internals of the wait queue > infrastructure. But whatever it is, it has to wake up > immediately. It does wake up immediately if no other processes are running. Wolfgang simply forgot to mention that. The idle loop checks ->need_resched (or other equivalent mechanism in modern kernels). -- Pete P.S. I can understand that you want to hide, but at least get a decent mailer which keeps references. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel