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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, normalperson@yhbt.net,
	davidel@xmailserver.org, mtk.manpages@gmail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-api@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] epoll: introduce EPOLLEXCLUSIVE and EPOLLROUNDROBIN
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:45:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150218174533.GB31566@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54E4CE14.5010708@akamai.com>


* Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com> wrote:

> So in the case of multiple threads per epoll set, we 
> currently add to the head of wakeup queue exclusively in 
> 'epoll_wait()', and then subsequently remove from the 
> queue once 'epoll_wait()' returns. So I don't think this 
> patch addresses balancing on a per epoll set basis.

Okay, so I was confused about how the code works.

> I think we could address the case you describe by simply 
> doing __add_wait_queue_tail_exclusive() instead of 
> __add_wait_queue_exclusive() in epoll_wait(). [...]

Yes.

> [...] However, I think the userspace API change is less 
> clear since epoll_wait() doesn't currently have an 
> 'input' events argument as epoll_ctl() does.

... but the change would be a bit clearer and somewhat more 
flexible: LIFO or FIFO queueing, right?

But having the queueing model as part of the epoll context 
is a legitimate approach as well.

Thanks,

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2015-02-18 17:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-17 19:33 [PATCH v2 0/2] Add epoll round robin wakeup mode Jason Baron
2015-02-17 19:33 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] sched/wait: add " Jason Baron
2015-02-17 19:33 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] epoll: introduce EPOLLEXCLUSIVE and EPOLLROUNDROBIN Jason Baron
2015-02-18  8:07   ` Ingo Molnar
2015-02-18 15:42     ` Jason Baron
2015-02-18 16:33       ` Ingo Molnar
2015-02-18 17:38         ` Jason Baron
2015-02-18 17:45           ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2015-02-18 17:51             ` Ingo Molnar
2015-02-18 22:18               ` Eric Wong
2015-02-19  3:26               ` Jason Baron
2015-02-22  0:24                 ` Eric Wong
2015-02-25 15:48                   ` Jason Baron
2015-02-18 23:12           ` Andy Lutomirski
     [not found]   ` <CAPh34mcPNQELwZCDTHej+HK=bpWgJ=jb1LeCtKoUHVgoDJOJoQ@mail.gmail.com>
2015-02-27 22:24     ` Jason Baron
2015-02-17 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Add epoll round robin wakeup mode Andy Lutomirski
2015-02-17 20:33   ` Jason Baron
2015-02-17 21:09     ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-02-18  3:15       ` Jason Baron

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