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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@ns.caldera.de>
To: nigel@nrg.org (Nigel Gamble)
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [IMPORTANT] Re: 2.4.7 softirq incorrectness.
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.05.10107301529300.11108-100000@cosmic.nrg.org> you wrote:
> I'd like to see all the various execution contexts of Linux (irqs,
> softirqs, tasklets, kernel daemons) all become (real-time where
> necessary) kernel threads like ksoftirqd, scheduled with the appropriate
> scheduling class and priority.  The resulting kernel code would be much
> simpler and more maintainable; and it would make it possible to change
> the scheduling priority of the threads to optimize for different
> application loads.

That's how solaris does it, btw.  From time to time sun seems to get
something right ;)

	Christoph

-- 
Whip me.  Beat me.  Make me maintain AIX.
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