Re: kernel processes - are they really needed?

[Andi Kleen]

"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 10/24/07, Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> My favourite for a ridiculous thread was and is "kpsmoused"
>>
>
> Mouse querying can take significant amount of time. Do you really want
> all your other events to be delayed just because kernel tries to get
> mouse back in order?

How long? 

>
> Although I probably want to kill it if mouse resync is disabled...

How often does that happen? Can't you just start a thread for this
as needed? Or if it's a simple algorithm you can just use a state machine
using timers?

-Andi
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