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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:03:27 +0000
From: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Subject: Re: RFC vmstat: On demand vmstat threads
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On Fri, 20 Sep 2013, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> The whole delegation stuff is necessary not just for vmstat. We have
> the same issue for scheduler stats and other parts of the kernel, so
> we are better off in having a core facility to schedule such functions
> in consistency with the current full NOHZ state.

Ok how do I make use of such a facility? What is the status of work on
such a thing?


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