Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] sched: cgroup SCHED_IDLE support

From: Josh Don
Date: Thu Aug 05 2021 - 19:54:24 EST


On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 10:13 AM Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Interface-wise, writing 1 to idle file is fine. This does move away
> the interface from being a purely semantical weight tree, which is a
> concern and I have a difficult time seeing that the stated benefits
> are significant enough to justify the changes. That said, this is
> primarily a scheduler decision, so if you think the addition is
> justified, please go ahead.

Thanks for taking a look Tejun. I won't restate the use-cases from
past threads here, but ideally the capabilities introduced in this
series will make SCHED_IDLE more useful (internally, we've certainly
found that to be the case :)).

Best,
Josh