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On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:45:50 -0500, Ed Tomlinson wrote:

>What this patches does is recognise threads as process that clone both
>mm and files.  For these 'threads' it tracks how many are active in a
>given group.  When many are active it reduces their timeslices as below

	In general, changes that cause the system to become less efficient as load 
increases are not such a good idea. By reducing timeslices, you increase 
context-switching overhead. So the busier you are, the less efficient you 
get. I think it would be wiser to keep the timeslice the same but assign 
fewer timeslices.

	DS


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