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Linux Gets O(1) SMP Patch As Late Christmas Gift

Posted by timothy on from the punishing-those-greedy-processes dept.

bodin writes: "Now that new-year's parties are over things are getting boring again. For those who want to see and perhaps even try something more complex, Ingo Molnar is announcing this patch that is a pretty radical rewrite of the Linux scheduler. This is big stuff!"

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  1. Oxymoron by sydb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hehe!
    I liked O Xymoron's enthusiastic response:


    On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Ingo Molnar wrote:

    > this is more than 6 million context switches per second!

    Everyone knows scheduling is boring.

    :)

    --
    Yours Sincerely, Michael.
    1. Re:Oxymoron by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think that was referencing Linus's earlier comment that he wasn't worried about scheduling because it's so easy. It looks like Linus was right: Just wait around long enough and Ingo will write a new scheduler for you. :-)

  2. Ingo Molnar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    My name is Ingo Molnar. You killed my kernel. Prepare to die.

    Am I the only person that thinks that every time I see his name?

  3. O(1) and Grandma by cpeterso · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do we want everyone's grandmother to be using Linux?

    My grandma refuses to use Linux because its scheduler is O(n) and its "goodness" function can blow her L1 cache. If Linus adopts Ingo's O(1) scheduler, she just might reconsider.

    --
    cpeterso