From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262361AbTIHNoM (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:44:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262353AbTIHNoM (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:44:12 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:47746 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262460AbTIHNmA (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:42:00 -0400 Subject: Re: [CFT][PATCH] new scheduler policy From: Alan Cox To: Pavel Machek Cc: Haoqiang Zheng , Nick Piggin , William Lee Irwin III , Mike Galbraith , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030902142552.GG1358@openzaurus.ucw.cz> References: <3F4182FD.3040900@cyberone.com.au> <5.2.1.1.2.20030819113225.019dae48@pop.gmx.net> <20030820021351.GE4306@holomorphy.com> <3F4A1386.9090505@cs.columbia.edu> <3F4A172F.8080303@cyberone.com.au> <3F4A272F.8000602@cs.columbia.edu> <20030902142552.GG1358@openzaurus.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1063028436.21084.30.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-5) Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:40:37 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Maw, 2003-09-02 at 15:25, Pavel Machek wrote: > > in the best position to decide which process is more important. > > That's why I proposed kernel based approach. > > Tasks can easily report their interactivity needs/nice value. > X are already depend on clients not trying to screw each other, > so thats okay. There is a slight problem with a kernel based approach too - the app may be remote. Alan