On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:21:19 +0530 Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 08:22:43AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > That looks odd, like it's a filesystem. > > What does cfs really mean? > > cfs = completely fair scheduler :) > > In this thread, we are talking of hooking the cfs cpu scheduler with the > task-container framework in -mm tree, so that the scheduler can deal > with groups of tasks rather than just tasks, while handling fairness of > cpu allocation. > > I agree "cfs" control subsystem does look odd a bit here. "cpu" control > subsystem seems better. Thanks. I agree that using "cpu" is better. I.e., don't tie it to a particular scheduler name. It would just need to change the next time we have a new scheduler. ;) --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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