Re: [patch] O(1) scheduler, -D1, 2.5.2-pre9, 2.4.17

[Brian Gerst]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> -D1 is a quick update over -D0:
> 
>         http://redhat.com/~mingo/O(1)-scheduler/sched-O1-2.5.2-D1.patch
>         http://redhat.com/~mingo/O(1)-scheduler/sched-O1-2.4.17-D1.patch
> 
> this should fix the child-inherits-parent-priority-boost issue that causes
> interactivity problems during compilation.
> 
>         Ingo

I noticed in this patch that you removed the rest_init() function.  The
reason it was split from start_kernel() is that there was a race where
init memory could be freed before the call to cpu_idle().  Note that
start_kernel() is marked __init and rest_init() is not.

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				Brian Gerst