Re: [RFC PATCH] sched: wakeup buddy

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Thu Feb 28 2013 - 10:31:16 EST


2013-02-28 (ë), 11:06 +0100, Mike Galbraith:
> On Thu, 2013-02-28 at 18:25 +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>
> > Not sure if it should require bidirectional relationship. Looks like
> > just for benchmarks. Isn't there a one-way relationship that could get
> > a benefit from this? I don't know ;-)
>
> ?? Meaningful relationships are bare minimum bidirectional, how can you
> describe one connection and have it remain meaningful? I love "her" is
> unlikely to lead to anything meaningful if "she" doesn't know you exist.

Maybe I misunderstood something. I was thinking about typical
cooperation models like manager-worker, producer-consumer or pipeline
and thought that they are usually one-way relationship in terms of the
wakeup.

Thanks,
Namhyung


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