Re: 2.6.8.1-mm2

[Srivatsa Vaddagiri]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 10:14:58AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> no! this removes the whole performance optimization of self-reaping and
> re-introduces the context-switches. Just measure the
> creation/destruction performance of threads. Strong NACK.

Is it possible to modify release_task to not remove self-reaping tasks
from the list (and possibly have it removed during finish_task_switch)?

This should solve the hotplug race as well as keep the current optimization?

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Thanks and Regards,
Srivatsa Vaddagiri,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM Software Labs,
Bangalore, INDIA - 560017
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