Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Reviving the Proxy Execution Series

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Sat Oct 15 2022 - 11:45:15 EST


On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 09:44:50PM +0000, Connor O'Brien wrote:
> Proxy execution has been discussed over the past few years at several
> conferences[3][4][5], but (as far as I'm aware) patches implementing the
> concept have not been discussed on the list since Juri Lelli's RFC in
> 2018.[6] This series is an updated version of that patchset, seeking to
> incorporate subsequent work by Juri[7], Valentin Schneider[8] and Peter
> Zijlstra along with some new fixes.

I actually did a forward port at some point after core-scheduling and
had a sort-of working version -- although I do remember it being an even
bigger pain in the arse than normal.

I think I handed those patches to Joel at some point...