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Re: RT and XFS

To: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: RT and XFS
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:23:11 +0200
Cc: Dave Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxx>, Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>, Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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* Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> PI is always good, cause it allows the tracking of what is high 
> priority , and what is not .

that's just plain wrong. PI might be good if one cares about priorities 
and worst-case latencies, but most of the time the kernel is plain good 
enough and we dont care. PI can also be pretty expensive. So in no way, 
shape or form can PI be "always good".

        Ingo


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