Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751132AbWHaEoG (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:44:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751172AbWHaEoG (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:44:06 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:48076 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751132AbWHaEoD (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:44:03 -0400 X-Authenticated: #14349625 Subject: Re: A nice CPU resource controller From: Mike Galbraith To: Peter Williams Cc: balbir@in.ibm.com, Martin Ohlin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <44F6365A.8010201@bigpond.net.au> References: <44F5AB45.8030109@control.lth.se> <661de9470608300841o757a8704te4402a7015b230c5@mail.gmail.com> <44F6365A.8010201@bigpond.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:53:10 +0000 Message-Id: <1157007190.6035.14.camel@Homer.simpson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 715 Lines: 17 On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 11:07 +1000, Peter Williams wrote: > But your implication here is valid. It is better to fiddle with the > dynamic priorities than with nice as this leaves nice for its primary > purpose of enabling the sysadmin to effect the allocation of CPU > resources based on external considerations. I don't understand. It _is_ the administrator fiddling with nice based on external considerations. It just steadies the administrator's hand. -Mike - 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/