On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 01:29:56PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Bill Huey <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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.
Ok, good, we're getting some where. IMO, SCHED_FIFO_GLOBAL doesn't add
anything to existing Linux scheduling policies for it to be really
distinct than SCHED_FIFO. I'd much see that feature collapsed into a
into SCHED_FIFO intrinsically. In fact, that's the way it should be in
a solid RTOS. Creation of run categories that are so similar doesn't
really add to the "meaning" of the system, since SCHED_FIFO was kind
of hammered in the first place, just make SCHED_FIFO do that strict
priority stuff across all processors as a default property.
Whether this belongs in the main line or not is questionable. My guess
is probably not. But I definitely think it should go into -rt and it
would be much more warmly received by folks developing on that kernel
patch to know that SCHED_FIFO has this strict behavior. It's actually
needed in that patch IMO. Following ?
bill
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