Hello, On 07/26/2010 05:50 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> Hmmm... I'm not quite sure whether it's an optimization. I thought >> the patch was due to feeling uncomfortable about using barriers? > > Oh yes. But getting rid of barriers is what motivated me originally. Yeah, getting rid of barriers is always good. :-) > Is there a git tree with kthread_worker applied? > I might do this just for fun ... git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git for-next For the original implementaiton, please take a look at commit b56c0d8937e665a27d90517ee7a746d0aa05af46. * Can you please keep the outer goto repeat loop? I just don't like outermost for (;;). * Placing try_to_freeze() could be a bit annoying. It shouldn't be executed when there's a work to flush. * I think A - B <= 0 test would be more familiar. At least time_before/after() are implemented that way. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html