Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:17:47 +1100 | From | Anton Blanchard <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] possible scheduler deadlock in 2.6.16 |
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Hi Nick,
> You're right. I can't think of a better fix, although we've been trying > to avoid adding cpu to the runqueue structure. > > I was going to suggest moving more work into wake_sleeping_dependent > instead, but cores with 4 and more threads now make that less desirable > I suppose.
My thoughts too. I wasnt sure if davem is planning to use the sibling code for his niagara work, but locking us down to 2 siblings sounds like a bad idea.
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