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Date:   Thu, 24 May 2018 17:47:52 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] rcu: Speed up calling of RCU tasks callbacks
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On Wed, 23 May 2018 13:04:58 -0700
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Looks plausible to me!
> 

BTW looking at the code:

> 		/* Invoke the callbacks. */
> 		while (list) {
> 			next = list->next;
> 			local_bh_disable();
> 			list->func(list);
> 			local_bh_enable();
> 			list = next;
> 			cond_resched();
> 		}
> 		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(HZ/10);

What's the purpose of this final sleep?

-- Steve

> 	}
> }