Re: [PATCH] SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR scheduler fix, kernel 2.4.18

Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu)
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:27:16 +0200 (CEST)


On 13 Jun 2002, Robert Love wrote:

> You are entirely right, but Ingo's point is very valid: changing wakeup
> behavior is risky and is not ideal in the middle of 2.4.
>
> Fixing major bugs is fine for 2.4, but changing behavior to suit an
> ideal is not. Now is your chance to do so for 2.5, however.

i'd like to point out again that the current 2.5 scheduler has all the
functionality the patch adds for 2.4, so there's no argument about whether
it's correct technically.

Ingo

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