Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:04:49 -0600 Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> > > So I'm skeptical about this BFS scheduler. Don't get me wrong; I do > > think the scheduler needs attention. But I'm not sure a scheduler > > designed for interactive desktop use is the best option for OpenBSD. > > I'm willing to be proven wrong. But that means we need careful > > benchmarking on a wide variety of workloads and hardware. > > I don't think this scheduler is making things better because of > it's scheduling behaviour. > > I think the scheduling choices it makes are hiding a poor-performing > artifact we have elsewhere.
One can recommend the proposing entity to be able to devise multiple schedulers and compare these, before qualifying for justification of decisions taken. And to be available to maintain the work proposed.
