Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934836AbbDIJor (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Apr 2015 05:44:47 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:60824 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933353AbbDIJon (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Apr 2015 05:44:43 -0400 Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 11:44:27 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Henrik Austad Cc: Luca Abeni , juri.lelli@gmail.com, raistlin@linux.it, mingo@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Luca Abeni Subject: Re: [RFC 4/4] Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt: add some references Message-ID: <20150409094427.GR5029@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <1428494380-1917-1-git-send-email-luca.abeni@unitn.it> <1428494380-1917-5-git-send-email-luca.abeni@unitn.it> <20150409093908.GB10954@sisyphus.home.austad.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150409093908.GB10954@sisyphus.home.austad.us> 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: 820 Lines: 18 On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 11:39:08AM +0200, Henrik Austad wrote: > > + CPUs, with the first M - 1 tasks having a small worst case execution time > > + WCET_i=e and period equal to relative deadline P_i=D_i=P-1. The last task > > Normally, 'e' is used to denote an _arbitrarily_ small value, and I suspect > that this is indeed the case here as well (you're going to describe > Dhall's effect, right?). Perhaps make that point explicit? > > T_i = {P_i, e, P_i} We're talking about \epsilon here, right? Is it customary to use a regular 'e' in CS literature for that? -- 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/