Re: Trying out SCHED_BATCH

[Paolo Ciarrocchi]

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:20:28 -0800, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Andrew,
> >  what's your plan for the staircase scheduler ?
> 
> I have none, frankly.  I haven't seen any complaints about the current
> scheduler.
> 
> If someone can identify bad behaviour in the current scheduler which
> staircase improves then please describe a tescase which the scheduler
> developers can use to reproduce the situation.
> 
> If, after that, we deem that the problem cannot be feasibly fixed within the
> context of the current scheduler and that the problem is sufficiently
> serious to justify wholesale replacement of the scheduler then sure,
> staircase is an option.

Your answer makes lot of sense.
I think Con can explain the pro and cons of the staircase scheduler.

Best,

-- 
Paolo
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