Measuring Process Scheduler Performance

"'As far as my testsystem goes, v2.6.23 beats v2.6.22.9 in sysbench,; explained Ingo Molnar in response to a posting showing the opposite results. He referred to his own testing results and explained:

"'As you can see it in the graph, v2.6.23 schedules much more consistently too. [ v2.6.22 has a small (but potentially statistically insignificant) edge at 4-6 clients, and CFS has a slightly better peak (which is statistically insignificant)...'"

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