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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/6] x86/cpu hotplug: Wake up offline CPU via mwait or nmi
On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> writes:
> >
> > Vs. the interrupt/timer/other crap madness:
> >
> > - We really don't want to have an interrupt balancer in the kernel
> > again, but we need a mechanism to prevent the user space balancer
> > trainwreck from ruining the power saving party.
>
> Why not? I think the kernel is exactly the right place for it.
> It's essentially a scheduling problem. Scheduling in user space
> is not a good idea.

No argument about scheduling in user space. Though the real problem is
where do you draw the line between mechanism and policy?

> With MSI-X the drivers just want a static setting. User space
> shouldn't mess with it.
>
> Some of the workarounds for user space messing with it (like that
> interrupt rmap code) are really bad and just a workaround for doing the
> scheduling in the wrong place.
>
> For dynamic changes it should indeed by part of scheduling,
> following similar rules, with only high level policy input
> from userland.

I'd be happy to see a patch which implements all of that and avoids
the pitfalls of the old in kernel irq balancer along with the short
comings of the user space one.

Thanks,

tglx


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