Re: swap prefetching merge plans

Mike Galbraith
2006-03-26T08:41:25Z

On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 19:08 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote:
> On Sunday 26 March 2006 15:54, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 10:44 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote:
> > > On Sunday 26 March 2006 02:24, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > > > Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > > > > When will Staircase go in?
> > > >
> > > > It is in... the queue ;)
> > >
> > > Hah you wish.
> > >
> > > No way would I let mainline benefit from something that good. I'm
> > > hoarding it for -ck only.
> >
> > Well, my box doesn't think it's _that_ good.
>
> I guess you didn't get the extreme sarcasm in my comment.

I guess so. I thought you were of the opinion that staircase would be a
good drop-in replacement for the stock scheduler.

> > I just got done doing some
> > basic testing, and it is most definitely not ready for primetime.
>
> I guess me criticising your patches made you want to find flaws with my code.

I was simply curious as to how well the damn thing performs Con. Don't
worry though, I'll never make the mistake of testing and reporting ever
again.

Later,

-Mike