linux-kernel - Re: [Announce] [patch] Modular Scheduler Core and Completely Fair Scheduler [CFS]

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Message-ID: <20070417055355.GQ943@1wt.eu>
Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:53:55 +0200
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc:	Peter Williams <pwil3058@...pond.net.au>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	ck list <ck@....kolivas.org>,
	Bill Huey <billh@...ppy.monkey.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [Announce] [patch] Modular Scheduler Core and Completely Fair Scheduler [CFS]

Hi Nick,

On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 06:29:54AM +0200, Nick Piggin wrote:
(...)
> And my scheduler for example cuts down the amount of policy code and
> code size significantly. I haven't looked at Con's ones for a while,
> but I believe they are also much more straightforward than mainline...
> 
> For example, let's say all else is equal between them, then why would
> we go with the O(logN) implementation rather than the O(1)?

Of course, if this is the case, the question will be raised. But as a
general rule, I don't see much potential in O(1) to finely tune scheduling
according to several criteria. In O(logN), you can adjust scheduling in
realtime at a very low cost. Better processing of varying priorities or
fork() comes to mind.

Regards,
Willy

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