Re: [PATCH 1/3] Separate IRQ-stacks from 4K-stacks option

[Timothy Miller]

Lee Revell wrote:

> > > The IDE I/O completion in hardirq context means that one can run for
> > > almost 3ms.  Apparently at OLS it was decided that the target for
> > > desktop responsiveness was 1ms.  So this is a real problem.
> >
> > What is happening that takes 3ms, and why can't it be broken up?
>
>
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/7/24/26

Ah, I see.  Lots of cache misses.



> > > What exactly do you mean by "draconian"?
> >
> > In this case, I mean extremely harsh and restrictive.  Usually, it means 
> > "excessively harsh", but in this case, I mean that in a good way.  :)
>
>
> Heh, I know what the word means, I was asking what the specific rules
> are that could be considered as such.

I believe using the word 'draconian' was a poor choice on my part. 
Maybe "strictly bounded with no exceptions" would be a better way of 
expressing it.

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