From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753198AbXDORc2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:32:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753199AbXDORc2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:32:28 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:36664 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753198AbXDORcT (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:32:19 -0400 X-Authenticated: #14349625 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+iSIIetGqiqPvHonByeoyOCYMU5KD08yLY2QEJ66 jVgbyYqCVpfoER Subject: Re: [Announce] [patch] Modular Scheduler Core and Completely Fair Scheduler [CFS] From: Mike Galbraith To: Pekka J Enberg Cc: Willy Tarreau , hui Bill Huey , Ingo Molnar , Con Kolivas , ck list , Peter Williams , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Nick Piggin , Arjan van de Ven , Thomas Gleixner In-Reply-To: References: <20070413202100.GA9957@elte.hu> <200704151327.13589.kernel@kolivas.org> <20070415051645.GA28438@gnuppy.monkey.org> <20070415084447.GC24886@elte.hu> <20070415095146.GA30327@gnuppy.monkey.org> <84144f020704150339i4a0d437fja6868ab671558ba1@mail.gmail.com> <20070415124527.GP943@1wt.eu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:32:15 +0200 Message-Id: <1176658335.6364.11.camel@Homer.simpson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 16:08 +0300, Pekka J Enberg wrote: > On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > Ingo could have publicly spoken with them about his ideas of killing > > the O(1) scheduler and replacing it with an rbtree-based one, and using > > part of Bill's work to speed up development. > > He did exactly that and he did it with a patch. Nothing new here. This is > how development on LKML proceeds when you have two or more competing > designs. There's absolutely no need to get upset or hurt your feelings > over it. It's not malicious, it's how we do Linux development. Yes. Exactly. This is what it's all about, this is what makes it work. -Mike