[2.6.36-rc3] Workqueues, XFS, dependencies and deadlocks

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On 09/08/2010 12:12 PM, Dave Chinner wrote:
> Ok, so in this case if this was on CPU 1, I'd see kworker[1:0],
> kworker[1:1] and kworker[1:2] threads all accumulate CPU time?  I'm
> just trying to relate your example it to behaviour I've seen to
> check if I understand the example correctly.

Yes, you're right.  If all three works just burn CPU cycles for 5ms
then you'll only see one kworker w/ 15ms of accumulated CPU time.

Thanks.

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tejun