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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] perf/core: use rb trees for pinned/flexible groups
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On Mon, Aug 07, 2017 at 10:39:55AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> I'm not sure Alexey's patch kit will be able to solve every possible
> problem with the event scheduler. Trying to fix everything at 
> the same time is usually difficult. 

I didn't say he should solve this. Just said that putting everything in
a tree enables solving it.