Re: Interesting analysis of linux kernel threading by IBM

From: Horst von Brand (vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl)
Date: Fri Jan 21 2000 - 21:38:23 EST


Helge Hafting <helgehaf@idb.hist.no> said:

[...]

> Even better: dynamically use the best algorithm depending on the number
> of runnable processes. The only problem I see with this is that calling
> the scheduler through a pointer (or if-statement) will have a overhead of
> its own - every time.

You do realize the scheduler was written (and rewritten several times) to
squeeze the last cycle out of it for "normal" cases, don't you?

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