Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262252AbTENCkh (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 22:40:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262268AbTENCkh (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 22:40:37 -0400 Received: from modemcable204.207-203-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca ([24.203.207.204]:50818 "EHLO montezuma.mastecende.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262252AbTENCkg (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 22:40:36 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 22:43:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo X-X-Sender: zwane@montezuma.mastecende.com To: "Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky" cc: "'Shaheed R. Haque'" , "'Andrew Morton'" , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" Subject: RE: 2.6 must-fix list, v2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 753 Lines: 19 On Tue, 13 May 2003, Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky wrote: > Real time applications can also benefit from this; if I can > get all the random stuff out of the way so that I know the > important, timing-sensitive thingie in CPU1 will always > get it, bonus points! ... Not really, during load your reserved cpu will now have to wait longer for shared resources instead of helping make progress, bringing down the performance of all your applications including the 'realtime' one. Zwane -- function.linuxpower.ca - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/