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SubjectRe: [RFC 2/5] sched: Add CPU rate soft caps
>> I understand that, I was talking about fairness between capped tasks
>> and what might be considered fair or intutive between capped tasks and
>> regular tasks. Of course, the last point is debatable ;)
>
>
> Well, the primary fairness mechanism in the scheduler is the time slice
> allocation and the capping code doesn't fiddle with those so there
> should be a reasonable degree of fairness (taking into account "nice")
> between capped tasks. To improve that would require allocating several
> new priority slots for use by tasks exceeding their caps and fiddling
> with those. I don't think that it's worth the bother.
I suppose it should be handled still. a subjective feeling :)

BTW, do you have any test results for your patch?
It would be interesting to see how precise these limitations are and
whether or not we should bother for the above...

Kirill

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