Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Add some documentation regarding the newly introduced scheduler EEVDF. A nit, but one I wish more people would make note of... [...] > --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst > +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst > @@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ CFS Scheduler > 1. OVERVIEW > ============ > > -CFS stands for "Completely Fair Scheduler," and is the new "desktop" process > -scheduler implemented by Ingo Molnar and merged in Linux 2.6.23. It is the > -replacement for the previous vanilla scheduler's SCHED_OTHER interactivity > -code. > +CFS stands for "Completely Fair Scheduler," and is the "desktop" process > +scheduler implemented by Ingo Molnar and merged in Linux 2.6.23. When > +originally merged, it was the replacement for the previous vanilla > +scheduler's SCHED_OTHER interactivity code. Nowadays, CFS is making room > +for EEVDF, for which documentation can be found in > +:ref:`sched_design_EEVDF`. If, here, you just say "can be found in Documentation/scheduler/sched-eevdf.rst", the right cross-reference will be created and ... > 80% of CFS's design can be summed up in a single sentence: CFS basically models > an "ideal, precise multi-tasking CPU" on real hardware. > diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-eevdf.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-eevdf.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..019327da333a > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-eevdf.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ > +.. _sched_design_EEVDF: ...you can take out this unnecessary label. Thanks, jon
