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From: Ludovic Drolez <ldrolez@linbox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched.c: Be a bit more conservative in SMP
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:06:04 +0000 (UTC)
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Vincent Pelletier <vincent.plr <at> wanadoo.fr> writes:
> I'll do some tests soon to see which version gives better performance at a 
> higher level than just process migration cost - if different at all.

I think that your patch should improve the performance because process
migrations are expensive (cache miss) and should be avoided when not 
really necessary.

Cheers,

  Ludovic.


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