linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v4] sched/fair: Add advisory flag for borrowing a timeslice

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Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2014 23:28:46 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@...cle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v4] sched/fair: Add advisory flag for borrowing a
 timeslice

On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:44:19AM -0700, Khalid Aziz wrote:
> sched/fair: Add advisory flag for borrowing a timeslice

yuck hatred and much of that.

Also, you fail to explain why a kernel side spin futex-lock is not an
option.
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