Interesting analysis of linux kernel threading by IBM

[Davide Libenzi]

Hi Helge,

Friday, January 21, 2000 9:03 AM
Helge Hafting <helgehaf en idb.hist.no> wrote :
> Even better: dynamically use the best algorithm depending on the number
> of
> runnable processes.  The only problem I see with this is that calling
> the
> scheduler through a pointer (or if-statement) will have a overhead
> of its own - every time.

You don't need to change the scheduler under normal environments since the
patch
perform equally in these cases giving better results under high load.

Cheers,
    Davide.

--
All this stuff is IMVHO



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