Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Sep 1998 04:13:14 +0200 | From | Felix von Leitner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scheduler patch, faster still |
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Thus spake Larry McVoy (lm@bitmover.com): > Furthermore, others have argued that long RT run queues will become > common as more applications become interactive. This is an argument > that sounds somewhat plausible.
Not to me. You need root privileges to use RT queues. Most interactive programs are not run as root.
> The approach of "well, it looks good, let's integrate it" is what kills > operating systems.
"it looks good" was not my only requirement. It should also not add code bloat, make the code less readable or make the common case slower.
Of course, implicitly I also want that the code does something good at all, which has not been sufficiently established so far.
> To the extent that you care about Linux, you should fight that with > all of your ability.
I do.
> Remember to step back and consider what would happen to the system if > everything was changed just a little for some application.
His numbers did not look like it was just one application. I got the impression that he made the common case faster. And that is definitely something I want. ;)
Felix
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