linux-kernel - Re: is RSDL an "unfair" scheduler too?

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Date:	Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:37:02 +0100
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Bill Huey <billh@...ppy.monkey.org>
Cc:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	William Lee Irwin III <wli@...omorphy.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...o.co.il>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>, ck@....kolivas.org,
	Serge Belyshev <belyshev@...ni.sinp.msu.ru>,
	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nicholas Miell <nmiell@...cast.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: is RSDL an "unfair" scheduler too?

On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 23:09 -0700, Bill Huey wrote:

> Like I've said in a previous email, SGI schedulers have an interactive
> term in addition to the normal "nice" values. If RSDL ends up being too
> rigid for desktop use, then this might be a good idea to explore in
> addition to priority manipulation.

I've done that already (ain't perfect yet, maybe never be).  The hard
part is making it automatic, and not ruining the good side of RSDL in
the process.

	-Mike

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