Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965180AbVLVWxl (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:53:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965182AbVLVWxl (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:53:41 -0500 Received: from omta05ps.mx.bigpond.com ([144.140.83.195]:42139 "EHLO omta05ps.mx.bigpond.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965180AbVLVWxk (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:53:40 -0500 Message-ID: <43AB29B8.7050204@bigpond.net.au> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:33:28 +1100 From: Peter Williams User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Trond Myklebust CC: Kyle Moffett , Ingo Molnar , Con Kolivas , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Fix adverse effects of NFS client on interactive response 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> <1135289282.9769.2.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> In-Reply-To: <1135289282.9769.2.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at omta05ps.mx.bigpond.com from [147.10.133.38] using ID pwil3058@bigpond.net.au at Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:33:28 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1008 Lines: 28 Trond Myklebust wrote: > 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. How do you explain the use of the TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE flag then? Peter -- Peter Williams pwil3058@bigpond.net.au "Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious." -- Ambrose Bierce - 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/