Re: Linux gets O(1) scheduler

David Laight <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.performance
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Big oh is nice in the academic world. 
> But at the scheduler, the details matter.

It might be nice stopping the scheduler looking at every LWP every timer
tick though.  The priority of sleeping processes doesn't need to be
recalculated....

If the scheduler only looked at runnable LWPs on each timer tick, it would
make the process lists musch easier to make MP safe.

	David

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