Re: [PATCH 3/3] RFC: Solved unnecessary schedule latency in the TTY layer (3/3)

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On Thu, 3 May 2012 14:37:43 +0200
Ivo Sieben <meltedpianoman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Solved unnecessary schedule latency in the TTY layer when used in
> realtime context:
> The global wait_queue that is used for line discipline idle handling
> is moved to a separate wait_queue for each line instance. This
> prevents unnecessary blocking on one line, because of idle handling
> on another line.
> 
> Note: In a PREEMPT_RT system "normal" spin locks behave like mutexes
> and no interrupts (and therefor no scheduling) is disabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivo Sieben <meltedpianoman@xxxxxxxxx>

And this one as a standalone I think we should merge. I'm surprised it
makes a difference but its small, clean and localises a lock which is a
good thing.

Alan
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