linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] sched: disabled rt-bandwidth by default

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Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:36:35 +1000
From:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>,
	Dario Faggioli <raistlin@...ux.it>,
	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] sched: disabled rt-bandwidth by default

On Friday 29 August 2008 00:30, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> > For this, if this time limit does kick in, we should at the very least
> > print something out to let the user know this happened. After all,
> > this is more of a safety net anyway, and if we are hitting the limit,
> > the user should be notified. Perhaps even tell the user that if this
> > behaviour is expected, to up the sysctl <var> by more.
>
> yeah, agreed, this is a reasonable suggestion. Peter, do you agree?

Seems reasonable. But I still think it should be disabled by default
(it might not get caught in testing for example).
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