On 5/28/06, Peter Williams <[email protected]> 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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