Re: [PATCH v4] Regression: sched: automated per session task groups

[Mike Galbraith]

On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 15:12 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > As soon as you do that from the same terminal that you're going to
> > > launch the "make" from, you're back to total lossage.  Are you going
> > > to explain to a student that "oh, you need to create a new
> > > gnome-terminal tab and launch firefox from that"?
> > 
> > Btw, most people don't do that anymore.  They don't use terminals.  They 
> 
> Its a regression for those who do - and often have good reason to do.
> This is of course why you don't put policy in the kernel and the original
> patch was bogus anyway.

What is a very clear regression is a threaded app (say firefox) vs a
single threaded app, particularly on UP.  The per thread scheduling
model wins hands down there, because the scheduler very heavily favors
the threaded application.  Take that unfairness away, and you have an
undeniable regression.  Yes, it's not black and white, never is.

	-Mike

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