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Message-ID: <CABqErrEakrJN800zdCMJvmFk0j2-2LKXYpV1H1RkNtE5r5LE6g@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 07:26:09 +1100 From: Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org> To: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@...baba-inc.com> Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] BFS CPU scheduler v0.450 with SMT nice support for linux-3.16 On 3 December 2014 at 19:12, Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@...baba-inc.com> wrote: > Hey Con Hi Hilf >> This is to announce a resync and update of the Brain Fuck Scheduler, >> version 0.450 for the latest stable linux kernel. >> > [...] >> The patch against linux-3.16(.x) is available here: >> http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/3.0/3.16/3.16-sched-bfs-450.patch >> > $ grep -nr above_background_load bfs/src > bfs/src/3.16-sched-bfs-450.patch:689:+bool above_background_load(void); > bfs/src/3.16-sched-bfs-450.patch:736:+static inline bool above_background_load(void) > bfs/src/3.16-sched-bfs-450.patch:1665:+bool above_background_load(void) > > Would you please pin-point what is that routine used for? This function used to be used with the VM tweaks that the -ck patchset used to come with. I have since deprecated those VM tweaks but the function remains in the scheduler. You're right to point it out and I'll remove it when I resync with 3.18 (it's still in the BFS 458 patch for 3.17). Thanks, Con > Thanks > Hillf > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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