Re: Gigantic memory leak in linux-2.6.[789]!

From: Bill Davidsen (davidsen_at_tmr.com)
Date: 10/26/04

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To: Tommy Reynolds <Tommy.Reynolds@MegaCoder.com>

    Tommy Reynolds wrote:
    > Uttered Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>, spake thus:
    >
    >
    >>With all the work Nick, Ingo,Con and others are putting into latency and
    >>responsiveness, I don't understand why anyone thinks this is desirable
    >>behavior. The idle loop is the perfect place to perform things like
    >>this, to convert non-productive cycles into performing tasks which will
    >>directly improve response and performance when the task MUST be done.
    >
    >
    > Bill, with respect,
    >
    > The idle loop is, by definition, the place to go when there is
    > nothing else to do. Scrubbing memory is, by definition, not
    > "nothing", so leave the idle loop alone.
    >
    > That's why God, or maybe it was Linus, invented kernel threads.

    Did you really not know what I meant here, or are you being pedantic
    about the nomenclature? Yes, obviously implement by thread(s) with
    priority lower than whale ***, the object of which is to do the work
    when no process is waiting for the CPU, and in very small steps so the
    CPU isn't tied up. 

    -- 
    -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
  last possible moment - but no longer"  -me
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