Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 21:17:15 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: "Jack O'Quin" <joq@io.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>,
       Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>,
       Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>, linux <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       rlrevell@joe-job.com, CK Kernel <ck@vds.kolivas.org>,
       utz <utz@s2y4n2c.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, alexn@dsv.su.se,
       Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc@rncbc.org>, Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>,
       Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch, 2.6.11-rc2] sched: RLIMIT_RT_CPU_RATIO feature
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* Jack O'Quin <joq@io.com> wrote:

> The LSM was a stop-gap measure intended to tide us over until a real
> fix could be "done right" for 2.8.  It had the advantage of being
> minimally disruptive to the kernel and its maintainability. [...]

i'm not opposed to the LSM solution per se, especially given that none
of the other solutions in existence are fully satisfactory (and thus
acceptable for the scheduler currently). The LSM patch is clearly the
least intrusive solution.

	Ingo
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