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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:42:32 +1000
From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
       Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe_alfaro@linuxmail.org>,
       LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] sched-2.6.0-test1-G6, interactivity changes
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Quoting Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>:

> At 09:44 AM 7/28/2003 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> >
> > > >Yes I can reproduce it, but we need the Kirk approach and cheat. Some
> > > >workaround for tasks that have fallen onto the expired array but 
> > shouldn't be
> > > >there needs to be created. But first we need to think of one before we
> can
> > > >create one...
> > >
> > > Oh good, it's not my poor little box.  My experimental tree already has
> > > a "Kirk" ;-)
> >
> >could you give -G7 a try:
> >
> >         redhat.com/~mingo/O(1)-scheduler/sched-2.6.0-test1-G7
> 
> The dd case is improved.  The dd if=/dev/zero is now prio 25, but it's 
> of=/dev/null partner remains at 16.  No change with the xmms gl thread.

Well O10 is not prone to the dd/of problem (obviously since it doesn't use 
nanosecond timing [yet?]) but I can exhibit your second weird one if I try hard 
enough.

Con
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