From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262491AbUKBM5W (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 07:57:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262928AbUKBM4S (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 07:56:18 -0500 Received: from mail10.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.191]:45735 "EHLO mail10.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262491AbUKBMxL (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 07:53:11 -0500 Message-ID: <41878318.8020801@kolivas.org> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 23:52:40 +1100 From: Con Kolivas User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ingo Molnar Cc: linux , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] add requeue task References: <418707E5.90705@kolivas.org> <20041102124252.GE15290@elte.hu> In-Reply-To: <20041102124252.GE15290@elte.hu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE1B0246C0EE66071D479A0CA" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE1B0246C0EE66071D479A0CA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Con Kolivas wrote: > > >>add requeue task > > > ack for this bit, but please split this one out: > > | Change the granularity code to requeue tasks at their best priority > | instead of changing priority while they're running. This keeps tasks > | at their top interactive level during their whole timeslice. > > this is a behavioral change and should go into the 'possible negative > effect on interactivity' bucket. (of course it could very likely have a > positive effect as well - the bucket is just to separate the risks.) Actually I'd like to say I did it for positive effect to counter the change that occurred with dropping interactive credit. That was what I found in my testing, and I'd like them both to go together into -mm. Con --------------enigE1B0246C0EE66071D479A0CA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBh4MYZUg7+tp6mRURAoMBAJ9lqNboLJeKgze1mkh92G58nzcgvQCZAZGg KURFkDqPtj/3aCAFHwsOBoc= =hy2h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE1B0246C0EE66071D479A0CA--