Re: [PATCH 0/8] kernel/fork: Move thread stack free otu of the scheduler path.

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Fri Dec 03 2021 - 11:22:20 EST


On 2021-11-18 15:38:50 [+0100], To linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> + tglx.
>
> It starts at
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211118143452.136421-1-bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> On 2021-11-18 15:34:44 [+0100], To linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > This is a follup-up on the patch
> > sched: Delay task stack freeing on RT
> > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210928122411.593486363@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > It addresses the review feedback:
> > - Decouple stack accounting from its free invocation. The accounting
> > happens in do_exit(), the final free call happens later.
> >
> > - Add put_task_stack_sched() to finish_task_switch(). Here the VMAP
> > stack is cached only. If it fails, or in the !VMAP case then the final
> > free happens in delayed_put_task_struct(). This is also an oportunity
> > to cache the stack.

ping ;)

Sebastian