> The performance boost for any of the provided iosched schemes can be > positive, negative, imaginary, or complex(*), depending on the actual > workload of > the system, and what reference patterns it generates. > I assumed published benchmarks are conducted under strictly controlled conditions.
> (*) I suspect that (benchmarks being benchmarks) the chance that the boost > be totally real, with no imaginary component, is very slim. And everybody > knows that most benchmark results are complex to interpret.. :) Then this scheduler is doing a very good job at creating an illusion of enhanced performance. Thanks for the reply :)
