sched: Add USER_SCHED to feature removal list

From: Dhaval Giani
Date: Tue Nov 03 2009 - 16:46:22 EST



sched: Add USER_SCHED to feature removal list

Peter Zijlstra suggested that we remove USER_SCHED at
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/21/67 . Removing USER_SCHED removes a
lot of code from the scheduler and simplifies the code.

We already have the ability to do user based classification which
is tightened using PAM in userspace.

Schedule USER_SCHED for removal in 2.6.34

Signed-off-by: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ be removed from this file.

---------------------------

+What: USER_SCHED
+When: 2.6.34
+
+Why: USER_SCHED was implemented as a proof of concept for group scheduling.
+ The effect of USER_SCHED can already be achieved from userspace with
+ the help of libcgroup. The removal of USER_SCHED will also simplify
+ the scheduler code with the removal of one major ifdef. There are also
+ issues USER_SCHED has with USER_NS. A decision was taken not to fix
+ those and instead remove USER_SCHED. Also new group scheduling
+ features will not be implemented for USER_SCHED.
+
+Who: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: PRISM54
When: 2.6.34

--
regards,
Dhaval
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