Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 04 Oct 1999 00:40:25 +0200 | From | Ove Ewerlid <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Binding processes to selected CPUs |
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Rik van Riel wrote: > You have to realize that goodness() is called for each process > on the runqueue for each reschedule. And this is only needed > once every rebind...
Also; By sending IPI's (smp_need_resched) and making use of the need_resched flag the overhead is minimized. And, a desired processor that is running something CPU intensive is faster preempted to run the process that wants the processor.
Ove
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