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Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:22:55 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] eventfd: support delayed wakeup for non-semaphore
 eventfd to reduce cpu utilization
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On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 07:31:55PM +0800, wenyang.linux@foxmail.com wrote:
> +eventfd_wakeup_delay_msec
> +------------------

Please match the section underline length as the section text above.

> +Frequent writing of an eventfd can also lead to frequent wakeup of the p=
eer
> +read process, resulting in significant cpu overhead.
> +How ever for the NON SEMAPHORE eventfd, if it's counter has a nonzero va=
lue,
> +then a read(2) returns 8 bytes containing that value, and the counter's =
value

reading eventfd?

> +is reset to zero.
> +So it coule be optimized as follows: N event_writes vs ONE event_read.
> +By adding a configurable delay after eventfd_write, these unnecessary wa=
keup
> +operations are avoided.

What is the connection from optimization you described to eventfd_write
delay?

Thanks.

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