Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030341AbVLVWIN (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:08:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030342AbVLVWIN (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:08:13 -0500 Received: from pat.uio.no ([129.240.130.16]:39415 "EHLO pat.uio.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030341AbVLVWIM (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:08:12 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Fix adverse effects of NFS client on interactive response From: Trond Myklebust To: Peter Williams Cc: Kyle Moffett , Ingo Molnar , Con Kolivas , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <43AA0EEA.8070205@bigpond.net.au> References: <43A8EF87.1080108@bigpond.net.au> <1135145341.7910.17.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <43A8F714.4020406@bigpond.net.au> <1135171280.7958.16.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <962C9716-6F84-477B-8B2A-FA771C21CDE8@mac.com> <1135172453.7958.26.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <43AA0EEA.8070205@bigpond.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:08:02 -0500 Message-Id: <1135289282.9769.2.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-UiO-Spam-info: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-4.95, required 12, autolearn=disabled, FORGED_RCVD_HELO 0.05, UIO_MAIL_IS_INTERNAL -5.00) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 746 Lines: 19 On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 13:26 +1100, Peter Williams wrote: > > Then have io_schedule() automatically set that flag, and convert NFS to > > use io_schedule(), or something along those lines. I don't want a bunch > > of RT-specific flags littering the NFS/RPC code. > > This flag isn't RT-specific. It's used in the scheduling SCHED_NORMAL > tasks and has no other semantic effects. It still has sod all business being in the NFS code. We don't touch task scheduling in the filesystem code. Trond - 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/