Request to enable CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED

[Chuck Ebbert]

On 03/09/2008 01:01 PM, Dhaval Giani wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 12:32:28PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> * Dhaval Giani <dhaval at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I notice in the 2.6.24 update pushed out to fedora 8, fair group sched 
>>> is not enabled. Can it please be enabled?
>> how about first asking why it was disabled?
>>
> 
> Yes, you are right, I am sorry, I should have asked that question first.
> So why was it disabled?
> 

There are many reports of that feature causing big slowdowns. It seemed
better to add major new features like that in a new release rather than
possibly cause problems for existing users of a stable release.