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Subject: Re: [RFC II] Splitting scheduler into two halves
From: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 06:13 +0800, Yuyang Du wrote:

> Spitting does feel brutal...

FWIW, "split" stuck hard in my gullet because task placement is core
fastpath mission.  If the fastpath could afford to and did task
placement perfectly, task placement EDC (if you will) mechanisms would
not exist.

-Mike