Re: [PATCH] Hookup group-scheduler with task containerinfrastructure

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Sep 11 2007 - 11:54:38 EST


On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:21:19 +0530 Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 08:22:43AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > That looks odd, like it's a filesystem.
> > What does cfs really mean?
>
> cfs = completely fair scheduler :)
>
> In this thread, we are talking of hooking the cfs cpu scheduler with the
> task-container framework in -mm tree, so that the scheduler can deal
> with groups of tasks rather than just tasks, while handling fairness of
> cpu allocation.
>
> I agree "cfs" control subsystem does look odd a bit here. "cpu" control
> subsystem seems better.

Thanks. I agree that using "cpu" is better. I.e., don't tie it
to a particular scheduler name. It would just need to change the
next time we have a new scheduler. ;)


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~Randy
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