Re: CONFIG_IRQBALANCE for 64-bit x86 ?

[Mark Lord]

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:52:48 -0500
> Mark Lord <lkml@xxxxxx> wro
> > All of which reminds me of perhaps *the* most important reason to keep
> > core functionality like "IRQ distribution" *inside* the kernel:
> >
> >    It has to pass peer review on this mailing list.
>
>
> that's a reason to keep it in the *source*, that's not the same as
..

Ack.  :)


> keeping it in ring0 pinning down memory all the time etc ;)
..

I belive it *must* remain pinned in memory to be effective,
because I also know it must run much more frequently than it
currently seems to run, in order to respond to quick changes
in IRQ load.

Eg. a heretofore idle device is suddenly now being used to copy
a DVD-sized file around.  It *must* respond quickly to changes
in load like this, or system latencies will suffer badly.

Cheers
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