Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Aug 2004 09:05:25 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] V-3.0 Single Priority Array O(1) CPU Scheduler Evaluation |
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* Peter Williams <pwil3058@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >>Unfortunately, to ensure no starvation, promotion has to continue even > >>when there are tasks in MAX_RT_PRIO's slot. > > > >One may either demote to evict MAX_RT_PRIO immediately prior to > >rotation or rely on timeslice expiry to evict MAX_RT_PRIO. Forcibly > >evicting MAX_RT_PRIO undesirably accumulates tasks at the fencepost. > > It's starting to get almost as complex as the current scheme :-)
hey, it's 'complex' for a reason ;)
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