Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756304Ab3JNMHm (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:07:42 -0400 Received: from merlin.infradead.org ([205.233.59.134]:54774 "EHLO merlin.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755387Ab3JNMHl (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:07:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:07:24 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Juri Lelli Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, oleg@redhat.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, darren@dvhart.com, johan.eker@ericsson.com, p.faure@akatech.ch, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, claudio@evidence.eu.com, michael@amarulasolutions.com, fchecconi@gmail.com, tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it, nicola.manica@disi.unitn.it, luca.abeni@unitn.it, dhaval.giani@gmail.com, hgu1972@gmail.com, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, raistlin@linux.it, insop.song@gmail.com, liming.wang@windriver.com, jkacur@redhat.com, harald.gustafsson@ericsson.com, vincent.guittot@linaro.org, bruce.ashfield@windriver.com--no-chain-reply-to Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/14] sched: add period support for -deadline tasks. Message-ID: <20131014120724.GI3081@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <1381747426-31334-1-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com> <1381747426-31334-7-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1381747426-31334-7-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2012-12-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 638 Lines: 15 On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:43:38PM +0200, Juri Lelli wrote: > From: Harald Gustafsson > > Make it possible to specify a period (different or equal than > deadline) for -deadline tasks. Could we add a little blurb here as to why we'd want this? (I think I do, and I certainly know where to find the answer, but its better to have a more complete changelog). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/