Re: [PATCHv2 11/11] writeback: prevent unnecessary bdi threadswakeups

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 18:05 +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> This is producing 2 unrequired context switches, so I really would
> like to see it done properly. Setting up a timer is really pretty
> simple (or if you would care to implement a delayed process wakeup
> API, I think that would be useful -- I'm surprised there isn't one
> already).

OK, a generic 'wake_up_process_timeout()' would need a timer, and it
cannot set it up on stack because it has to return immediately, this is
why we do not have such a generic helper, I think.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (ÐÑÑÑÐ ÐÐÑÑÑÐÐÐ)

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