Re: priority recalculation

Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu)
09 May 1999 11:56:57 -0400

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>>>>> "Rik" == Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org> writes:
> I think this might be worthwhile because the large
> recalculation holds the tasklist_lock for a _long_
> time, blocking the other CPU's access to the runqueue.

The use of separate runqueues per processor is obvious enough that
it must have been mentioned already, but I can't seem to find a discussion
of it in the archive. What's wrong with such an option?

Stefan

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