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Date:   Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:47:07 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 01/22] sched: Make non-production PREEMPT
 cond_resched() help Tasks RCU
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On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 10:35:29AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:10:38 +0200
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> 
> > >  http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180227153646.GD3777@linux.vnet.ibm.com  
> > 
> > That thread using cond_resched_task_rcu_qs() seems like a _lot_ better
> > than having cond_resched() semantics change depending on random
> > !scheduler config parameters.
> 
> Yeah, I agree. Not sure why Paul didn't push it. Maybe because I never
> replied to that final email and he forgot?
> 
> Paul?

Yeah, I have been a bit event-driven of late.  So the thought is to keep
cond_resched() as-is and use cond_resched_task_rcu_qs(), that is after
the rename, for the stress tests instead of the current cond_resched().
Or did I lose the thread?

						Thanx, paul