Re: x86, mce, Use user return notifier in mce

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It appears that WQ_HIGHPRI only provides priority between work queue,
> not between the work queue backing kthread and other tasks.  Is there
> any mechanism for that?

No, it doesn't.

> If my understanding was correct, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has some side-effect for
> that.  Because hardware errors occurs seldom, the reserved kthread for
> WQ_MEME_RECLAIM just sleeps most of the time.  When first hardware error
> occurs and the work item is queued, the reserved kthread is waked up.
> Because the reserved kthread sleeps for long time, it is highly possible
> for it to be scheduled at the next schedule point.

But rescuer is used only under memory pressure. It doesn't help latency at all.

> Because hardware error usually has no locality, WQ_UNBOUND can be used
> for it so that the work item can be put on relative low-load CPU.  From
> the document, it is said WQ_UNBOUND work items will be executed ASAP
> too.  Compared with WQ_HIGHPRI, how about the priority of WQ_UNBOUND?

Maybe, maybe not. I suggest just using WQ_HIGHPRI for now and worrying
about it later if the scheduling latency actually turns out to matter.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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