Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753713AbWKGSNO (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:13:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753739AbWKGSNO (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:13:14 -0500 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:39526 "EHLO mga09.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753713AbWKGSNN (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:13:13 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,397,1157353200"; d="scan'208"; a="157593362:sNHT20142773" Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:50:49 -0800 From: "Siddha, Suresh B" To: Christoph Lameter Cc: "Siddha, Suresh B" , Ingo Molnar , akpm@osdl.org, mm-commits@vger.kernel.org, nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: + sched-use-tasklet-to-call-balancing.patch added to -mm tree Message-ID: <20061107095049.B3262@unix-os.sc.intel.com> References: <200611032205.kA3M5wmJ003178@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <20061107073248.GB5148@elte.hu> <20061107093112.A3262@unix-os.sc.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from clameter@sgi.com on Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 09:55:54AM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 753 Lines: 22 On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 09:55:54AM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Siddha, Suresh B wrote: > > > Christoph, DECLARE_TASKLET that you had atleast needs to be per cpu.. > > Not sure if there are any other concerns. > > Nope. Tasklets scheduled and executed per cpu. These are the former bottom > halves. See tasklet_schedule in kernel/softirq.c You must be referring to __tasklet_schedule() ? tasklet_schedule doesn't schedule if there is already one scheduled. no? thanks, suresh - 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/