Re: [ck] Re: [ANNOUNCE] RSDL completely fair starvation free interactive cpu scheduler

[jos poortvliet <jos@mijnkamer.nl>]

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Op Sunday 04 March 2007, schreef Willy Tarreau:
> Hi Con !
> > This was designed to be robust for any application since linux demands a
> > general purpose scheduler design, while preserving interactivity, instead
> > of optimising for one particular end use.
>
> Well, I haven't tested it yet, but your design choices please me. As you
> know, I've been one of those encountering big starvation problems with
> the original scheduler, making 2.6 unusable for me in many situations. I
> welcome your work and want to thank you for the time you spend trying to
> fix it.
>
> Keep up the good work,
> Willy
>
> PS: I've looked at your graphs, I hope you're on the way to something
> really better than the 21 first 2.6 releases !
Well, imho his current staircase scheduler already does a better job compared 
to mainline, but it won't make it in (or at least, it's not likely). So we 
can hope this WILL make it into mainline, but I wouldn't count on it.

grtz

Jos



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