Re: [RFC][PATCH] SCHED_EDF scheduling class

[Raistlin <raistlin@linux.it>]

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On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 08:55 +0200, Henrik Austad wrote:
> > An alternative is starting the child out with 0 runtime, and have the
> > parent run sched_setscheduler() on it giving us a clear point to run
> > admission on.
> 
> Why not start it as sched_fair/sched_rt and let the child apply for
> resources the same way the parent did? That would be fairly
> straightforward and lead to predictable behaviour, and also make a nice, 
> simple hook into the acceptance-tests.
> 
Yeah, that's an option as well... It maybe overlap a little bit with
reset_on_fork, but I like tha fact that it allows the task itself to ask
for EDF bandwidth without having to rely on its parent... Thoughts about
that?

Regards,
Dario
 
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