Re: [PATCH 0/8] kernel/fork: Move thread stack free otu of the scheduler path.

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Mon Dec 13 2021 - 10:18:36 EST


On 2021-12-03 17:22:13 [+0100], To linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 2021-11-18 15:38:50 [+0100], To linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > + tglx.
> >
> > It starts at
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211118143452.136421-1-bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > On 2021-11-18 15:34:44 [+0100], To linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > > This is a follup-up on the patch
> > > sched: Delay task stack freeing on RT
> > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210928122411.593486363@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > It addresses the review feedback:
> > > - Decouple stack accounting from its free invocation. The accounting
> > > happens in do_exit(), the final free call happens later.
> > >
> > > - Add put_task_stack_sched() to finish_task_switch(). Here the VMAP
> > > stack is cached only. If it fails, or in the !VMAP case then the final
> > > free happens in delayed_put_task_struct(). This is also an oportunity
> > > to cache the stack.
>
> ping ;)

ping.

Sebastian