Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 02 Aug 2004 23:07:59 +1000 | | From | Con Kolivas <> | | Subject | Re: 2.6.8-rc2-mm2 |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.8-rc2/2.6.8-rc2-mm2/ > - Added Con's staircase CPU scheduler. > > This will probably have to come out again because various people are still > fiddling with the CPU scheduler. But my feeling here is that the current > 1st-gen CPU scheduler has been tweaked as far as it can go and is still not > 100% right. It is time to start thinking about a new design which addresses > the requirements and current problems by algorithmic means rather than by > tweaking. Removing over 300 lines from the scheduler is a good sign. > > Feedback on this patch is sought.
Anyone with feedback on this please cc me. This was developed separately from the -mm series which has heaps of other scheduler patches which were not trivial to merge with so there may be teething problems. Good reports dont hurt either ;)
Cheers, Con [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] |  |