Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 02/22] sched: add extended scheduling interface | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:52:52 -0500 |
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On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 17:43 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 11:38 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > A while ago I implemented an EDF scheduler for a client (before working > > with Red Hat), and one thing they asked about was having a "soft group", > > which was basically: This group is guaranteed X runtime in Y period, but > > if the system is idle, let the group run, even if it has exhausted its X > > runtime. > > > > Is this supported? > > No, some of the bits in 18/22 come near, but I'd prefer not to add such > things until we've got a convincing use-case.
I'm fine with that, but I would like to know if the ABI would be able to add such an extension in the future if we find a convincing use-case.
-- Steve
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