From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933646AbXCQF4S (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:56:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933674AbXCQF4S (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:56:18 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:41199 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S933671AbXCQF4R (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:56:17 -0400 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+OwKBjKgqOTBbalzG9c/El0W8SwIIEKen4608GHM e3zUy8Hjnh9JFN Subject: Re: RSDL v0.31 From: Mike Galbraith To: Nicholas Miell Cc: Con Kolivas , ck@vds.kolivas.org, Ingo Molnar , Al Boldi , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1174105443.3144.4.camel@entropy> References: <200703042335.26785.a1426z@gawab.com> <200703170040.48316.kernel@kolivas.org> <1174059299.7886.25.camel@Homer.simpson.net> <200703170813.32594.kernel@kolivas.org> <1174084207.7009.9.camel@Homer.simpson.net> <1174105443.3144.4.camel@entropy> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:56:05 +0100 Message-Id: <1174110965.7911.44.camel@Homer.simpson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 21:24 -0700, Nicholas Miell wrote: > Sorry, I haven't really been following this thread and now I'm confused. > > You're saying that it's somehow the scheduler's fault that X isn't > running with a high enough priority? I'm saying that the current scheduler adjusts for interactive loads, this new one doesn't. I'm seeing interactivity regressions, and they are not fixed with nice unless nice is used to maximum effect. I'm saying yes, I can lower my expectations, but no I don't want to. A four line summary is as short as I can make it. -Mike