Re: [PATCH RT 4/6] rt/locking: Reenable migration accross schedule

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Thu Apr 07 2016 - 12:47:44 EST


On 04/02/2016 05:12 AM, Mike Galbraith wrote:
>> By the time I improved hotplug I played with this. I had a few ideas but
>> it didn't fly in the end. Today however I ended up with this:
>
> Yeah, but that fails the duct tape test too. Mine is below, and is the
> extra sticky variety ;-) With busted 0299 patch reverted and those two
> applied, my DL980 took a beating for ~36 hours before I aborted it.. ie
> hotplug road seemingly has no more -rt specific potholes.

just to be clear: The patch I attached did _not_ work for you.

> If that lock dies, we can unpin when entering lock slow path and pin
> again post acquisition with no ABBA worries as well, and not only does
> existing hotplug work heaping truckloads better, -rt can perhaps help
> spot trouble as the rewrite proceeds.
>
> Current state is more broken than ever.. if that's possible.

And the two patches you attached here did?

>
> -Mike

Sebastian