Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 15:53:50 -0700 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: dg@Root.COM Cc: freebsd-smp@freefall.freebsd.org, Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com> Subject: Re: SMP -current merge Message-ID: <199611232253.PAA20073@clem.systemsix.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 23 Nov 1996 14:44:48 PST." <199611232244.OAA01965@root.com>
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Hi, >>If there are 2 CPUS smp_kickoff() creates 2 idleprocs, and thus there >>are 2 possible processess that can be in the idleq. > > Oh...I didn't realize that it was handled this way. This is going to need >to be re-thought. The idle processes should probably not be on any of the >queues and handled as a special case. Otherwise they will compete for CPU >with other idprio processes, and that would be bad. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ perhaps I'm incorrect in my thinking here, I thought the idleq was strictly for the cpuidle[ NCPU ] processes. What other "idle" processes are there? -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | FreeBSD -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzHe7tEAAAEEAM274wAEEdP+grIrV6UtBt54FB5ufifFRA5ujzflrvlF8aoE 04it5BsUPFi3jJLfvOQeydbegexspPXL6kUejYt2OeptHuroIVW5+y2M2naTwqtX WVGeBP6s2q/fPPAS+g+sNZCpVBTbuinKa/C4Q6HJ++M9AyzIq5EuvO0a8Rr9AAUR tBlTdGV2ZSBQYXNzZSA8c21wQGNzbi5uZXQ+ =ds99 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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