linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.21] Return available first timeslice to the creator, not parent

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Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:37:08 +0200
From:	Michal Schmidt <xschmi00@...d.feec.vutbr.cz>
To:	Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.21] Return available first timeslice to the creator,
 not parent

Vitaly Mayatskikh skrev:
> Short-living process returns its timeslice to the parent, this
> affects process that creates a lot of such short-living threads,
> because its not a parent for new threads.

I don't see the point of sending patches for old Linux versions such as 
2.6.21, unless it's something applicable to the -stable tree.
Do recent kernels with CFS have the same problem?

> Patch fixes this issue and
> doesn't break kabi as does the patch from reporter:
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/7/21

There's no kabi.

Michal

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