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Re: Bug#618486: linux-image-2.6.38-rc8-686: please set CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP



On Sat, 2011-03-19 at 19:46 +0100, Cesare Leonardi wrote:
> On 16/03/2011 04:12, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> >> This is very usefull for desktop users feature of this release:
> >>
> >> http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_38#head-
> >> 59575a6aeafa38490226a560ee02de89829a5b20
> >>
> >> Please set it (perhaps, "NO" by default).
> >
> > Yes, that makes sense.  I'll enable the config option but patch the
> > source to make it off by default.  There is a sysctl to turn it on,
> > kernel.sched_autogroup_enabled.
> 
> Out of curiosity.
> Why you choosed to disable this options by default? Upstream seems to 
> depict it as a big win in term of desktop responsiveness. Are there 
> performance problems on some contexts?

Maybe.

> Known problems in specific areas?

No, I'm just treating it as experimental until it has received wider
testing.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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