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Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, add a cond_resched()

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From: Herbert Xu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, add a cond_resched()
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 12:37 am

Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:

Actually the whole point of moving it out to process context
is so that we don't have to worry about keeping track of the number
of buckets since deciding on how many buckets to process is black
magic.

IMHO preemption is the answer :) But failing that, a resched
is the next best thing.

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[PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, add ..., Eric Dumazet, (Wed Nov 14, 2:34 pm)
Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, ..., David Miller, (Wed Nov 14, 5:13 pm)
Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, ..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 15, 12:30 am)
Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, ..., Herbert Xu, (Thu Nov 15, 12:37 am)
Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, ..., Eric Dumazet, (Thu Nov 15, 1:25 am)
Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, ..., David Miller, (Thu Nov 15, 1:52 am)
Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, ..., David Miller, (Thu Nov 15, 1:57 am)
Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, ..., Andi Kleen, (Sat Nov 17, 6:08 am)
Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, ..., Eric Dumazet, (Sat Nov 17, 9:23 am)
Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, ..., Andi Kleen, (Sat Nov 17, 2:46 pm)
Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, ..., David Miller, (Sat Nov 17, 5:27 pm)