Re: [RFD/RFC PATCH 0/8] Towards implementing proxy execution

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Oct 10 2018 - 06:57:32 EST


On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 12:34:17PM +0200, luca abeni wrote:
> So, I would propose to make the proxy() function of patch more generic,
> and not strictly bound to mutexes. Maybe a task structure can contain a
> list of tasks for which the task can act as a proxy, and we can have a
> function like "I want to act as a proxy for task T" to be invoked when
> a task blocks?

Certainly possible, but that's something I'd prefer to look at after it
all 'works'. The mutex blocking thing doesn't require external
interfaces etc..