Re: [RFC] Cpu-hotplug: Using the Process Freezer (try2)

From: Gautham R Shenoy
Date: Wed Apr 04 2007 - 06:41:43 EST


On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 12:04:31PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> yeah, i think you are right - and the TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE thing is not
> only quite complex, it also breaks the symmetry of freezer use
> (sw-suspend obviously cannot freeze uninterruptible tasks). We should
> watch whether the current latency of freezing is good enough in
> practice.

Ok. Do you have any specific tests in mind which I can run and post the
numbers?

As of now, I've been stressing the system with (kernbench + ondemand governor)
and timing the hotplug operation.

>
> Ingo

Thanks and Regards
gautham.
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Gautham R Shenoy
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IBM India.
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