linux-kernel - Re: [Fwd: Re: RFC for a new Scheduling policy/class in the Linux-kernel]

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Message-ID: <20100426182903.GA14542@8bytes.org>
Date:	Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:29:03 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	Ted Baker <baker@...fsu.edu>
Cc:	raj@....cmu.edu, jayhawk@....ucsc.edu, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	raistlin@...ux.it, niehaus@...c.ku.edu, henrik@...tad.us,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	billh@...ppy.monkey.org, linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org,
	fabio@...dalf.sssup.it, anderson@...unc.edu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	dhaval.giani@...il.com, cucinotta@...up.it, lipari@...is.sssup.it,
	baker.tlh@...cast.net
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: RFC for a new Scheduling policy/class in the
	Linux-kernel]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 07:56:58AM -0400, Ted Baker wrote:
> I have not seen any more e-mail on this.  How is it going?  Is there any
> chance of rolling in some corrections for the SCHED_SPORADIC treatment?  In
> particular, could we have a DO_NOT_RUN priority, that is guaranteed to
> prevent a task from running at all?

Sorry for asking a maybe stupid question, but what is this good for and
what is the benefit over SIGSTOP?

	Joerg

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