linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] scheduler tinification

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Date:   Tue, 30 May 2017 10:32:40 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] scheduler tinification

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 05:02:55PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> Many embedded systems don't need the full scheduler support. Most of the
> time, user space is tightly controlled and many of the scheduler facilities
> are simply unused.
> 
> This patch series makes it possible to configure out some parts of the
> scheduler such as the deadline and realtime scheduler classes. The saving
> in kernel footprint is non negligible.

Not happy with this. We already have too many CONFIG_ knobs, I really
don't want more.