Re: 2.6.21-rc3-mm1 RSDL results

Willy Tarreau
2007-03-09T22:32:38Z

On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 09:12:07AM +1100, Con Kolivas wrote:
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> > Matt, could you check with plain 2.6.20 + Con's patch ? It is possible
> > that he added bugs when porting to -mm, or that someting in -mm causes
> > the trouble. Your experience with -mm seems so much different from mine
> > with mainline, there must be a difference somewhere !
>
> Good idea.

OK, so let me summarize :

plain 2.6.20
+ http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.20.2.bz2
+ http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/staircase-deadline/sched-rsdl-0.26.patch
+ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=117347544926731&q=raw

should be a good starting point.

> > Con, is your patch necessary for mainline patch too ? I see that it
> > should apply, but sometimes -mm may justify changes.
>
> Yes it will be necessary for the mainline patch too.

OK Thanks Con.

Best regards,
Willy