Re: [CFT][PATCH] new scheduler policy

From: William Lee Irwin III
Date: Mon Aug 18 2003 - 21:41:57 EST


On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:53:01AM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> As per the latest trend these days, I've done some tinkering with
> the cpu scheduler. I have gone in the opposite direction of most
> of the recent stuff and come out with something that can be nearly
> as good interactivity wise (for me).
> I haven't run many tests on it - my mind blanked when I tried to
> remember the scores of scheduler "exploits" thrown around. So if
> anyone would like to suggest some, or better still, run some,
> please do so. And be nice, this isn't my type of scheduler :P
> It still does have a few things that need fixing but I thought
> I'd get my first hack a bit of exercise.
> Its against 2.6.0-test3-mm1

Say, any chance you could spray out a brief explanation of your new
heuristics?


-- wli
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