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Subject: Re: [patch] CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler), v2
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> 
> > ok - fortunately the delta between -v2-rc0 and -v2-final is pretty 
> > small. One difference is the child-runs-first fix. To restore the 
> > parent-runs-first logic, do this:
> > 
> > 	echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_child_runs_first
> > 
> > does this make any difference?
> 
> ok, i've got something better to test: i separated the delta out into a 
> more finegrained stack of 3 patches. You can pick them up from:
> 
>  http://redhat.com/~mingo/cfs-scheduler/older/sched-cfs-v2-rc0.patch
>  http://redhat.com/~mingo/cfs-scheduler/older/sched-cfs-v2-rc0-preempt-fix.patch
>  http://redhat.com/~mingo/cfs-scheduler/older/sched-cfs-v2-rc0-child-runs-first.patch
>  http://redhat.com/~mingo/cfs-scheduler/older/sched-cfs-v2-rc0-misc.patch

Isn't that easier for everyone if you keep them as quilt series (ala 
syslets)?


- Davide