[PATCH 5/5] input: use a thread for the generation of input events

Adam Jackson ajax at redhat.com
Fri Dec 17 11:58:07 PST 2010


On Fri, 2010-12-17 at 15:24 +0200, Tiago Vignatti wrote:

> you left MaxInputDevices out of the disabling macro.
> 
> Also, I liked in the previous patchset when you used the second commit to
> explain that now we have two input processing methods:
> 
> - input thread
> - main loop dispatch
>  
> where the SIGIO handler is merely an optimization for the second case.
> 
> I'd say to attach this kind of information somewhere in the code, which would
> help a lot upcoming developers.

It's sort of there in the comment above time_to_yield().  I can
elaborate on it there though.

- ajax



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