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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:38:57 -0600
From: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
To: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RSDL 5/6] sched: implement rsdl cpu scheduler
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On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 06:06:22PM +1100, Con Kolivas wrote:
> + * This is the time all tasks within the same priority round robin.
> + * Set to a minimum of 6ms.
>   */
> +#define RR_INTERVAL		((6 * HZ / 1001) + 1)

What happens with small HZ? Like 100? I suppose 10ms is a reasonable
number here. But in general, how well does this scheduler do without a
time source other than jiffies?

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