Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262065AbUF0TYJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jun 2004 15:24:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262080AbUF0TYI (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jun 2004 15:24:08 -0400 Received: from wblv-227-07.telkomadsl.co.za ([165.165.227.7]:11201 "EHLO gateway.lan") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262071AbUF0TXy (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jun 2004 15:23:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staircase scheduler v7.7 From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: Martin Schlemmer To: Con Kolivas Cc: linux kernel mailing list In-Reply-To: <40DEF1E2.6020609@kolivas.org> References: <40DEF1E2.6020609@kolivas.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-PSx6yLBRCdymoUhToeC5" Message-Id: <1088364206.9556.8.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:23:26 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1466 Lines: 49 --=-PSx6yLBRCdymoUhToeC5 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 18:12, Con Kolivas wrote: > Changes since v7.4: >=20 > Two major bugs: > - Nanosecond to jiffy conversion meant it was possible to queue a task=20 > with no timeslice. Fixed. > - The preempt logic I added to 7.4 to allow preempted tasks to continue=20 > where they left off turned out to be a DoS recipe. Fixed. >=20 Seems all right in regards to the issues with 7.4. I do though get that xmms sort of 'hangs'. Its not hard, it just say in the 'play' state, but the graph do not move, and no sound. This is fairly intermittently. Not sure though if it is scheduler only, something recent in -bk, or the recent alsa patch Takashi Iwai posted (using dmix btw). I will have a look and let you know. Cheers, --=20 Martin Schlemmer --=-PSx6yLBRCdymoUhToeC5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBA3x6uqburzKaJYLYRApAkAJ97ZA5JE2d601aDREyoe5SikPTQSgCfdKPp gX4pU0ZOzQUs6aPeMlTRMtw= =tEwp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-PSx6yLBRCdymoUhToeC5-- - 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/