Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759668Ab2EIOf6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2012 10:35:58 -0400 Received: from mail-qa0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:32983 "EHLO mail-qa0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756809Ab2EIOf4 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2012 10:35:56 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [109.64.13.136] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 17:35:55 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Work queues and cpu isolation From: Gilad Ben-Yossef To: wilson self Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fr=E9d=E9ric_Weisbecker?= , Max Krasnyansky Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2007 Lines: 60 Hi Wilson, On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 12:03 AM, wilson self wrote: > I have done some reading on the subject of work queues and CPU > isolation, and specifically I've read a number of posts from Max K. > dating back to 2008 on the subject of CPU isolation. ?However, I have > not seen much in the way of discussion on the subject in more recent > times, specifically in the 3.x kernels; where it appears there are > some significant differences in the structure of workqueue in general. > > Is there anyone currently doing work on additional isolation of CPUs > from work queues? I have some requirement to further isolate cores on > a machine from these queues and am hoping someone here could point me > in the right direction. > Yes, I am and so do many other people on the general topic of CPU isolation. Start here: https://github.com/gby/linux/wiki Continue here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/5/3/268 And if you are interested in CPU isolation in general, then these will interest you as well: http://lwn.net/Articles/495422/ http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1202.1/00590.html (this last patch set has gone into 3.4-rc1 already) I'd be very glad to cooperate :-) Gilad > Thanks. > wilson > -- > 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/ -- Gilad Ben-Yossef Chief Coffee Drinker gilad@benyossef.com Israel Cell: +972-52-8260388 US Cell: +1-973-8260388 http://benyossef.com "If you take a class in large-scale robotics, can you end up in a situation where the homework eats your dog?" ?-- Jean-Baptiste Queru -- 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/