Re: [RFC PATCH v3 00/15] context_tracking,x86: Defer some IPIs until a user->kernel transition

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Nov 19 2024 - 12:15:19 EST


On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:34:47 +0100
Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Context
> =======
>
> We've observed within Red Hat that isolated, NOHZ_FULL CPUs running a
> pure-userspace application get regularly interrupted by IPIs sent from
> housekeeping CPUs. Those IPIs are caused by activity on the housekeeping CPUs
> leading to various on_each_cpu() calls, e.g.:

FYI,

Sending a patch series at the start of the merge window is likely going to
get ignored.

Care to resend after rc1 is released? Or at least ping about it.

-- Steve