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From: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
To: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
Cc: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-smp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] sched.c : procfs tunables
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:43:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1144068196.8083.30.camel@homer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200604031459.43105.a1426z@gawab.com>

On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 14:59 +0300, Al Boldi wrote:
> Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > Nope, not the existing tunables anyway.  The full effect of even a tiny
> > scheduler knob tweak is hard to predict even if you've studied the code
> > carefully.  These knobs are just not generic enough to be exposed IMHO.
> 
> Are you implying that the code is built around these tunables rather than 
> using them?

I'm not implying anything, I'm merely stating my opinion: these knobs
have subtle effects which render them unsuitable for export.

	-Mike


  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-04-03 12:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-31 14:23 [RFC] sched.c : procfs tunables Al Boldi
2006-03-31 14:44 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-03 11:59   ` Al Boldi
2006-04-03 12:21     ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-04 13:27       ` Al Boldi
2006-04-07  2:47         ` Bill Davidsen
2006-04-03 12:43     ` Mike Galbraith [this message]
2006-04-01  2:49 ` Mike Galbraith
2006-04-07  2:57 ` Bill Davidsen

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