Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Dec 2002 02:45:21 -0200 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH,RFC] fix o(1) handling of threads |
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On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > On December 30, 2002 06:00 pm, David Schwartz wrote: > > > > In general, changes that cause the system to become less efficient as load > > increases are not such a good idea. By reducing timeslices, you increase > > context-switching overhead. So the busier you are, the less efficient you > > get. I think it would be wiser to keep the timeslice the same but assign > > fewer timeslices. > > That would be better - I cannot see a way to do it using O(1).
I've been thinking about this problem for a while, but haven't found a good solution yet. I've got a long way to go before I can port the per-user fair scheduling stuff to the O(1) base.
cheers,
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