> i'm pleased to announce release -v19 of the CFS scheduler patchset.
>
> The rolled-up CFS patch against today's -git kernel, v2.6.22-rc7,
> v2.6.22-rc6-mm1, v2.6.21.5 or v2.6.20.14 can be downloaded from the
> usual place:
>
>
http://people.redhat.com/mingo/cfs-scheduler/
>
> The biggest user-visible change in -v19 is reworked sleeper fairness:
> it's similar in behavior to -v18 but works more consistently across nice
> levels. Fork-happy workloads (like kernel builds) should behave better
> as well. There are also a handful of speedups: unsigned math, 32-bit
> speedups, O(1) task pickup, debloating and other micro-optimizations.