It may _be_ sensible, but it does not look sensible.
> One of the cornerstones of computer science is
>
> Make the common case fast.
Larry probably heard of that before.
> Your argumentation about long RT run queues is not a valid argument.
> The common case is clearly to have an empty RT run queue or one with one
> process (MP3 player) and people who want to do hard RT will want to use
> RTLinux, anyway. The argument that it might not help long run queues is
> like using NT because it might become more stable in a few years.
Is it? And, isn't Richard arguing that his change makes sense only for
long queues?
> If the effects of his optimization is not measurable for typical
> workloads, who cares? As long as it does not make the code obfuscated
> or bloated or slower in the common case, it doesn't hurt.
That way lies madness or SysIII or both.
----------------------------------- Victor Yodaiken Department of Computer Science New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro NM 87801 Homepage http://www.cs.nmt.edu/~yodaiken PowerPC Linux page http://linuxppc.cs.nmt.edu Real-Time Page http://rtlinux.org
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