Re: [PATCH 2 of 4] Introduce i386 fibril scheduling

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue Feb 06 2007 - 16:50:56 EST




On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, David Miller wrote:
>
> So the idea is to just run it to completion if it won't block and use
> a fibril if it would?

That's not how the patches work right now, but yes, I at least personally
think that it's something we should aim for (ie the interface shouldn't
_require_ us to always wait for things even if perhaps an early
implementation might make everything be delayed at first)

Linus
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