Re: [PATCH 0/3] Create sched_select_cpu() and use it in workqueues

2012-09-25 Thread Viresh Kumar
On 25 September 2012 16:06, Viresh Kumar wrote: > Test case 2: > --- > I have created a small module, which does following: > - Create one work for each CPU (using queue_work_on(), so must schedule on > that > cpu) > - Above work, will queue "n" works for each cpu with queue_work(). The

[PATCH 0/3] Create sched_select_cpu() and use it in workqueues

2012-09-25 Thread Viresh Kumar
In order to save power, it would be useful to schedule work onto non-IDLE cpus instead of waking up an IDLE one. To achieve this, we need scheduler to guide kernel frameworks (like: timers & workqueues) on which is the most preferred CPU that must be used for these tasks. This patchset is about i