Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/7] sched: power: Remove power capacity hints forkworker threads

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 06:19:14PM +0100, Morten Rasmussen wrote:
> Removing power hints for kworker threads enables easier use of
> workqueues in the power driver late callback. That would otherwise
> lead to an endless loop unless it is prevented in the power driver.

There's many kworker users; some of them actually consume lots of
cputime. Therefore how did you come to the conclusion that excepting all
users was the better choice of a little added complexity in the one
place where it actually matters?
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