linux-kernel - Re: Please, put 64-bit counter per task and incr.by.one each ctxt switch.

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Date:	Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:08:25 +0100
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	"J.C. Pizarro" <jcpiza@...il.com>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Please, put 64-bit counter per task and incr.by.one each ctxt
	switch.


On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 05:08 +0100, J.C. Pizarro wrote:

> One reason: for the objective of gain interactivity, it's an issue that
>  CFS fair scheduler lacks it.

A bug report would be a much better first step toward resolution of any
interactivity issues you're seeing than posts which do nothing but
suggest that there may be a problem.

First define the problem, _then_ fix it.

	-Mike

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