linux-kernel - Re: Plumbers: Tweaking scheduler policy micro-conf RFP

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Date:	Sun, 20 May 2012 01:22:11 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, smuckle@...cinc.com, khilman@...com,
	Robin.Randhawa@....com, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com,
	thebigcorporation@...il.com, venki@...gle.com,
	panto@...oniou-consulting.com, mingo@...e.hu, paul.brett@...el.com,
	pdeschrijver@...dia.com, pjt@...gle.com, efault@....de,
	fweisbec@...il.com, geoff@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, amit.kucheria@...aro.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linaro-sched-sig@...ts.linaro.org,
	Morten Rasmussen <Morten.Rasmussen@....com>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Plumbers: Tweaking scheduler policy micro-conf RFP

On Sat, 2012-05-19 at 10:08 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> And I
> *do* know that the real world simply isn't simple enough that we could
> ever do a perfect job, so don't even try - instead aim for
> "understandable, maintainable, and gets the main issues roughly
> right". 

I think we're in violent agreement on many points and most of this is
based on a mis-understanding. I've argued for exactly this many times.


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