Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:09:22 +0300 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: dima <_pppp@mail.ru> Cc: ru@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Giant-free polling [PATCH] Message-ID: <20050311140922.GA88801@cell.sick.ru> In-Reply-To: <E1D9kbt-000FAj-00._pppp-mail-ru@f22.mail.ru> References: <20050311110234.GA87255@cell.sick.ru> <E1D9kbt-000FAj-00._pppp-mail-ru@f22.mail.ru>
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 04:55:25PM +0300, dima wrote: d> I also mentioned that poll_idle() isn't called from anywhere in the kernel. d> Thus we have only 2 possible sources for polling: hardclock (per-CPU) and traps. poll_idle is a process created on startup, so it is not called from anywhere. But it is source of polling. P.S. More comments later. Thanks! -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
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