[OT]: Quiz for scheduler "want to be authors" [Was]: Re: code of process scheduling

[Nifty Hat Mitch]

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 01:10:44PM +0100, James Wilkinson wrote:
> Nifty Hat Mitch wrote:
> > Quiz for scheduler "want to be authors":
> > 
> > Given: 
> >        A two man racing team.
> >        Race is 100 Km in length.
> >        The first team member drives the first half at 50Km/hr.
> > 
> > Question 1:  
> >        How fast must the second driver drive the second
> >        half of the race for the TEAM to average 100Km/hour?
> 
> Andrey Andreev (correctly) answered:
> > The only way the team would average 100 km/h along the length of the 
> > race is, as far as my imagination goes, the unlikely event that the 
> > second driver quantum teleports to the finish line instantly. Either 
> > that, or fall into a conveniently placed wormhole or something.
> > 
> Mitch's second question was:
> >        Essay, How the heck does this apply to the Linux scheduler.
> 
> Andro asked:
> > Seriously, how the heck does this apply to the Linux scheduler???
> 
> One possible drawback with a scheduler is that it spends so much time
> trying to work out the Right Thing To Do that it never gives the system
> the chance to do it: gettting on with something vaguely productive might
> get things done faster.

Hint... look at the thread for 

 k3b Burn Speed

And yes computation for scheduling can get out of hand.
Simple and "fair" what ever that is works...


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