linux-kernel - Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:32:45 -0700
From:	"Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	"Li, Tong N" <tong.n.li@...el.com>,
	Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for  2.6.22

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:56:10AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 10:03:02PM -0700, Li, Tong N wrote:
> > 
> > There are various metrics a scheduler may want to optimize for, such as
> > throughput, response time, power consumption, fairness, and so on. Each
> > of these may also be defined differently in different environments. Take
> > fairness as an example. People have traditionally talked about it in
> > terms of CPU time. Now it'd also make sense to talk about scheduling
> > that enables fair usage of other types of resources, such as shared
> > caches. Different metrics may require different scheduling policies.
> 
> Are these real-life problems people need solutions for today or just 
> thoughts someone might want to try and write a paper about?

We are at the door step of multi core evolution. So its a bit of both.

thanks,
suresh
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