Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:45:27 -0400 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] mm: make lru_add_drain_all() selective |
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On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 04:22:39PM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote: > This change makes lru_add_drain_all() only selectively interrupt > the cpus that have per-cpu free pages that can be drained. > > This is important in nohz mode where calling mlockall(), for > example, otherwise will interrupt every core unnecessarily.
Can you please split off workqueue part into a separate patch with proper description? I don't mind the change eventually going through -mm but it's nasty to bury workqueue API update with another change without explanation or justification.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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