Re: Trying out SCHED_BATCH

From: Paolo Ciarrocchi (paolo.ciarrocchi_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/30/04

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    To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    
    

    On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:20:28 -0800, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
    > Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com> wrote:
    > >
    > > Andrew,
    > > what's your plan for the staircase scheduler ?
    >
    > I have none, frankly. I haven't seen any complaints about the current
    > scheduler.
    >
    > If someone can identify bad behaviour in the current scheduler which
    > staircase improves then please describe a tescase which the scheduler
    > developers can use to reproduce the situation.
    >
    > If, after that, we deem that the problem cannot be feasibly fixed within the
    > context of the current scheduler and that the problem is sufficiently
    > serious to justify wholesale replacement of the scheduler then sure,
    > staircase is an option.

    Your answer makes lot of sense.
    I think Con can explain the pro and cons of the staircase scheduler.

    Best,

    -- 
    Paolo
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