Re: Fw: 2.6.8-rc3-mm2

From: Martin J. Bligh
Date: Tue Aug 10 2004 - 16:38:05 EST


> - Added a little patch to the CPU scheduler which disables its array
> switching.
>
> This is purely experimental and will cause high-priority tasks to starve
> lower-priority tasks indefinitely. It is here to determine whether it is
> this aspect of the scheduler which caused the staircase scheduler to exhibit
> improved throughput in some tests on NUMAq.

Nope, wasn't that. Has the same performance as without staircase.

M.

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