linux-kernel - Re: Fwd: Possible performance improvement?

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Message-ID: <1265710456.11509.181.camel@laptop>
Date:	Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:14:16 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Possible performance improvement?

On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 14:57 +0530, Pranith Kumar wrote:

> I recently happened to come across this thesis[1] which
> presents some very concrete results with stats regarding
> the performance of Linux CFS with an implementation of Redline.
> 
> It would really be great if you could take some time out of your
> busy schedule and quickly look up the figures to see the performance
> comparison and if we could adapt some ideas. I am willing to give it
> a try if you think its worth it.

> [1] http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1071&context=open_access_dissertations

Looks to propose a rather simple semi-static edf based cpu scheduler.

If you're interested in that, there is a group actively working on a
deadline scheduler for linux: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/16/161



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