Re: [PATCH] possible scheduler deadlock in 2.6.16

[Anton Blanchard]

Hi Nick,

> You're right. I can't think of a better fix, although we've been trying
> to avoid adding cpu to the runqueue structure.
>
> I was going to suggest moving more work into wake_sleeping_dependent
> instead, but cores with 4 and more threads now make that less desirable
> I suppose.

My thoughts too. I wasnt sure if davem is planning to use the sibling
code for his niagara work, but locking us down to 2 siblings sounds like
a bad idea.

Anton
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