Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 20 Feb 2016 21:55:19 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: 4.4-final: 28 bioset threads on small notebook |
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Hi!
> > > You're directing this concern to the wrong person. > > > > > > I already told you DM is _not_ contributing any extra "bioset" threads > > > (ever since commit dbba42d8a). > > > > Well, sorry about that. Note that l-k is on the cc list, so hopefully > > the right person sees it too. > > > > Ok, let me check... it seems that > > 54efd50bfd873e2dbf784e0b21a8027ba4299a3e is responsible, thus Kent > > Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> is to blame. > > > > Um, and you acked the patch, so you are partly responsible. > > You still haven't shown you even understand the patch so don't try to > blame me for one aspect you don't like.
Well, I don't have to understand the patch to argue its wrong.
> > > But in general, these "bioset" threads are a side-effect of the > > > late-bio-splitting support. So is your position on it: "I don't like > > > that feature if it comes at the expense of adding resources I can _see_ > > > for something I (naively?) view as useless"? > > > > > Just seems... naive... but you could be trying to say something else > > > entirely. > > > > > Anyway, if you don't like something: understand why it is there and then > > > try to fix it to your liking (without compromising why it was there to > > > begin with). > > > > Well, 28 kernel threads on a notebook is a bug, plain and simple. Do > > you argue it is not? > > Just implies you have 28 request_queues right? You clearly have > something else going on on your notebook than the average notebook > user.
I'm not using the modules, but otherwise I'm not doing anything special. How many request_queues should I expect? How many do you have on your notebook?
Thanks, Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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