On 4/21/07, Kyle Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It might be nice if it was possible to actively contribute your CPU >> time to a child process. For example: >> int sched_donate(pid_t pid, struct timeval *time, int percentage);
On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 12:49:52PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > If you do this, and it has been requested many a times, then please > generalize it. We have the same issue with futexes. If a FUTEX_WAIT > call is issues the remaining time in the slot should be given to the > thread currently owning the futex. For non-PI futexes this needs an > extension of the interface but I would be up for that. It can have > big benefits on the throughput of an application. It's encouraging to hear support for a more full-featured API (or, for that matter, any response at all) on this front. -- wli - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
