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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 09:04:21 +0200
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: add resched points to
 remap_pmd_range/ioremap_pmd_range
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Cc: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>, Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org>, "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>, Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>, Shachar Raindel <raindel@mellanox.com>, Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>, Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>, Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabinin@samsung.com>, Roman Pen <r.peniaev@gmail.com>, Andrey Konovalov <adech.fo@gmail.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>, Rob Jones <rob.jones@codethink.co.uk>, WANG Chao <chaowang@redhat.com>, open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, "open list:MEMORY MANAGEMENT" <linux-mm@kvack.org>, Joern Engel <joern@purestorage.com>, Spencer Baugh <Spencer.baugh@purestorage.com>

On Thu 23-07-15 14:54:33, Spencer Baugh wrote:
> From: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org>
> 
> Mapping large memory spaces can be slow and prevent high-priority
> realtime threads from preempting lower-priority threads for a long time.

How can a lower priority task block the high priority one? Do you have
preemption disabled?

[...]
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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