linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v5 7/7] sched/fair: Add latency list

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Date:   Sat, 8 Oct 2022 21:14:54 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 7/7] sched/fair: Add latency list

...
> Have we considered an approach where the task that is marked as
> latency sensitive gets a boosted nice value when it sleeps and is
> either scaled down exponentially as it runs, or immediately reset to
> its default when it runs for one tick?

Or use the RT scheduler for anything that requires low latency.
Isn't that what it is for?

	David

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