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RDSL and ignoring feedback

RDSL and ignoring feedback

Posted Jul 28, 2007 12:35 UTC (Sat) by jospoortvliet (subscriber, #33164)
In reply to: RDSL and ignoring feedback by bronson
Parent article: Still waiting for swap prefetch

No, but a 100% fair scheduler is the only way to ensure you won't have
stalls and other problems brought by unfairness. You can't have your cake
and eat it too.


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RDSL and ignoring feedback

Posted Jul 28, 2007 20:41 UTC (Sat) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

Sorry, I don't quite understand... are you saying that a 100% fair scheduler actually *is* the best scheduler? If so, then would you have any evidence/research to back this up? I'm genuinely interested.

My uneducated view: in schedulers, as with government and parenting, 100% fairness is unattainable and probably paradoxical. The best policy may or may not be the most fair policy. They're simply disconnected.

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