Re: [RFC 2/5] sched: Add CPU rate soft caps

[Balbir Singh]

On 5/28/06, Peter Williams <pwil3058@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >
> > That behaviour would be fair.
>
> Caps aren't about being fair.  In fact, giving a task a cap is an
> explicit instruction to the scheduler that the task should be treated
> unfairly in some circumstances (namely when it's exceeding that cap).
>
> Similarly, the interactive bonus mechanism is not about fairness either.
>   It's about giving tasks that are thought to be interactive an unfair
> advantage so that the user experiences good responsiveness.

I understand that, I was talking about fairness between capped tasks
and what might be considered fair or intutive between capped tasks and
regular tasks. Of course, the last point is debatable ;)

Balbir
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