Re: Preempt? (was Re: Cannot enable DMA on SATA drive(SCSI-libsata, VIA SATA))

[Robert Love]

On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 21:55 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> As opposed to fixing drivers???  Please fix the drivers and code first.

No, definitely not, dude.  Fixes for anything--drivers include--is never
superseded by anything else, even the eternal quest for "low latency." 

> > sprinkling cond_resched() hacks all over the kernel.
> 
> cond_resched() is not the only solution.

Indeed.  Most other solutions (fixing algorithms, lowering lock hold
time) have "automatic" benefits with kernel preemption, though, and that
has been what I have always advocated.

	Robert Love


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