Re: [patch] CFS scheduler, -v5

Nick Piggin
2007-04-23T01:26:06Z

On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 03:12:29AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> i'm pleased to announce release -v5 of the CFS scheduler patchset. The
> patch against v2.6.21-rc7 and v2.6.20.7 can be downloaded from:
>
> http://redhat.com/~mingo/cfs-scheduler/
>
> this CFS release mainly fixes regressions and improves interactivity:
>
> 13 files changed, 211 insertions(+), 199 deletions(-)
>
> the biggest user-visible change in -v5 are various interactivity
> improvements (especially under higher load) to fix reported regressions,
> and an improved way of handling nice levels. There's also a new
> sys_sched_yield_to() syscall implementation for i686 and x86_64.
>
> All known regressions have been fixed. (knock on wood)

I think the granularity is still much too low. Why not increase it to
something more reasonable as a default?