Re: [patch] latest 'low latency' patch against 2.2.14

Ingo Molnar (mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu)
Fri, 11 Feb 2000 10:38:33 +0100 (CET)


On 10 Feb 2000, Dimitris Michailidis wrote:

> > Here is the changelog of
> > http://www.redhat.com/~mingo/lowlatency-2.2.14-B1.
>
> Speaking of "guaranteed low latency", [...]

yep, various kernel routines are non-timebound, even some code running
under spinlocks. So just disregard the 'guaranteed' part. We are far away
from QNX in terms of predictable (guaranteed) generic kernel service
latencies.

-- mingo

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