Re: RT task scheduling

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Apr 07 2006 - 07:41:50 EST



* Bill Huey <billh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > >>> You should consider for a moment to allow for the binding of a
> > >>> thread to a CPU to determine the behavior of a SCHED_FIFO class task
> > >>> instead of creating a new run category. [...]
> >
> > with the observation that 1) binding is already possible [so your
> > suggestion is apparently knocking on open doors] 2) binding is a
> > separate mechanism (not adequate for all workloads) and it is thus
> > orthogonal to what i'm trying to achieve with the "RT overload" stuff.
> > Really simple and straightforward observations i think.

> First thing's first, SCHED_FIFO_GLOBAL for what you want in the main
> line is the same thing as SCHED_FIFO in -rt, right ?

yes.

Ingo
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