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On Mon, 11 May 2015 10:19:16 -0700 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 08:57:59AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > 
> > NO_HZ_LEAVE_ME_THE_FSCK_ALONE!
> 
> NO_HZ_OVERFLOWING?

Actually, "NO_HZ" shouldn't appear in the name at all.  The objective
is to permit userspace to execute without interruption.  NO_HZ is a
part of that, as is NO_INTERRUPTS.  The "NO_HZ" thing is a historical
artifact from an early partial implementation.
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