Re: [PATCH] staircase scheduler v6.4 for 2.6.7-rc3

[Peter Williams]

Con Kolivas wrote:
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> Here is an updated full version of the staircase scheduler (not attached for 
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> http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.7-rc3/patch-2.6.7-rc3-s6.4
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> 25 files changed, 264 insertions(+), 545 deletions(-)

There was no need to add the extra overhead of a flag to indicate that a 
task was queued for scheduling.  Testing whether run_list is empty 
achieves the same thing as reliably as the old array == NULL test did.

--
Dr Peter Williams                                pwil3058@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
 -- Ambrose Bierce

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