Re: [PATCH v3] sched/fair: Add advisory flag for borrowing a timeslice (was: Pre-emption control for userspace)

[Srikar Dronamraju]

> 
> - Request to borrow timeslice is not guranteed to be honored.
> - If the task is allowed to borrow, kernel will inform the task
>   of this. When this happens, task must yield the processor as soon
>   as it completes its critical section.
> - If the task fails to yield processor after being allowed to
>   borrow, it is penalized by forcing it to skip its next time slot
>   by the scheduler.
> - Task is charged additional time for the borrowed timeslice as
>   accumulated run time. This pushes it further down in consideration
>   for the next task to run.
> 

Is there a way for us to identify if the lock is contended?
Because it may not be prudent to allow a task to borrow timeslice for a
lock which isnt contended.

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Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju

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