Re: [RFC PATCH 1/9] sched,cgroup: Add interface for latency-nice

From: Qais Yousef
Date: Thu Sep 05 2019 - 09:32:08 EST


On 09/05/19 13:48, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 12:40:01PM +0100, Patrick Bellasi wrote:
> > Right, although I think behaviours could still be exported but via a
> > different and configurable interface, using thresholds.
>
> I would try _really_ hard to avoid pinning down behaviour. The more you
> do that, the less you can change.

While I agree with that but I find there's a contradiction between not
'pinning down behavior' and 'easy and clear way to bias latency sensitive from
end user's perspective'.

Maybe we should protect this with a kconfig + experimental tag until trial
and error show the best way forward?

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Qais Yousef