Re: [patch 2.6.16-rc4-mm1] Task Throttling V14

MIke Galbraith
2006-02-25T03:31:28Z

On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 14:08 +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> Con Kolivas wrote:
> > On Saturday 25 February 2006 13:42, Nick Piggin wrote:
>
> >>I tried this angle years ago and it didn't work :)
> >
> >
> > Our "2.6 forever" policy is why we're stuck with this approach. We tried
> > alternative implementations in -mm for a while but like all alternatives they
> > need truckloads more testing to see if they provide a real advantage and
> > don't cause any regressions. This made it impossible to seriously consider
> > any alternatives.
> >
> > I hacked on and pushed plugsched in an attempt to make it possible to work on
> > an alternative implementation that would make the transition possible in a
> > stable series. This was vetoed by Linus and Ingo and yourself for the reason
> > it dilutes developer effort on the current scheduler. Which leaves us with
> > only continually polishing what is already in place.
> >
>
> Yes. Hence my one-liner.
>
> I still don't think plugsched is that good of an idea for mainline.
> Not too many people seem to be unhappy with the scheduler we have,
> so just because this little problem comes up I don't think that
> means it's time to give up and merge plugsched and 10 other policies.

Agreed. The problem is small. Annoying, because it refuses to go away,
but it is a small problem.

-Mike