Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266680AbUJFBwy (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Oct 2004 21:52:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266679AbUJFBwy (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Oct 2004 21:52:54 -0400 Received: from peabody.ximian.com ([130.57.169.10]:52705 "EHLO peabody.ximian.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266680AbUJFBwp (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Oct 2004 21:52:45 -0400 Subject: Re: Preempt? (was Re: Cannot enable DMA on SATA drive (SCSI-libsata, VIA SATA)) From: Robert Love To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Nick Piggin , Roland Dreier , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <41634CF3.5040807@pobox.com> References: <4136E4660006E2F7@mail-7.tiscali.it> <41634236.1020602@pobox.com> <52is9or78f.fsf_-_@topspin.com> <4163465F.6070309@pobox.com> <41634A34.20500@yahoo.com.au> <41634CF3.5040807@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 21:52:55 -0400 Message-Id: <1097027575.5062.100.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 631 Lines: 18 On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 21:40 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > And with preempt you're still hiding stuff that needs fixing. And when > it gets fixed, you don't need preempt. > > Therefore, preempt is just a hack that hides stuff that wants fixing anyway. This actually sounds like the argument for preempt, and against sprinkling cond_resched() hacks all over the kernel. Robert Love - 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/