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From: Peter Williams <pwil3058@bigpond.net.au>
To: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl>
Cc: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>,
	"Siddha\, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Rationalize sys_sched_rr_get_interval()
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:23:07 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <471555EB.5060608@bigpond.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071016094252.GD1000@ff.dom.local>

Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> On 16-10-2007 03:16, Peter Williams wrote:
> ...
>> I'd suggest that we modify sched_rr_get_interval() to return -EINVAL 
>> (with *interval set to zero) if the target task is not SCHED_RR.  That 
>> way we can save a lot of unnecessary code.  I'll work on a patch.
> ...
> 
> I like this idea! But, since this a system call maybe at least
> something like RFC would be nicer...

We would be just modifying the code to meet that specification so a 
patch would be OK.  Anyone who wants to comment will do so anyway :-).

> 
>>> Sorry for too harsh words.
>> I didn't consider them harsh.
> 
> So, I can't be mistaken for a rapper yet? I'll work on it...
> 
> Cheers,
> Jarek P.
> 
> PS: Peter, for some unknown reason I don't receive your messages.
> If you get back some errors from my side I'd be interested to see
> it (alternative: jarkao2 at gmail.com).

I haven't seen any bounce notifications.  I've added the qmail address 
as a CC.

Peter
-- 
Peter Williams                                   pwil3058@bigpond.net.au

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
  -- Ambrose Bierce

  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-17  0:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-11  0:37 [PATCH] sched: Rationalize sys_sched_rr_get_interval() Peter Williams
2007-10-11  6:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-11  7:44   ` Dmitry Adamushko
2007-10-11 22:23     ` Peter Williams
2007-10-12  6:49       ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-10-13  1:29         ` Peter Williams
2007-10-15 11:11           ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-10-16  1:16             ` Peter Williams
2007-10-16  9:42               ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-10-17  0:23                 ` Peter Williams [this message]
2007-10-12  6:59       ` Ingo Molnar

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