BMQ 0.96 release

BMQ 0.96 is released with the following changes

1. Several enhancement in the core path.
2. Redo the sync commit reverted in 0.95.

Enjoy BMQ 0.96 for v5.1 kernel, :)

Full kernel tree repository can be found at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/linux-bmq
And all-in-one patch can be found at gitlab.

Please report bugs at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/bmq/issues.

BMQ 0.95 release

BMQ 0.95 is released with the following changes

1. Fix rq missing on arm arch.
2. Rework/Remove code to reduce overhead.

Enjoy BMQ 0.95 for v5.1 kernel, :)

Full kernel tree repository can be found at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/linux-bmq
And all-in-one patch can be found at gitlab.

Please report bugs at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/bmq/issues.

BMQ 0.94 release

BMQ 0.94 is released with the following changes

1. Sync up with mainline kernel scheduler code changes.

This is the first BMQ release for 5.1 kernel, it just contains the sync up changes.

Enjoy BMQ 0.94 for v5.1 kernel, :)

Full kernel tree repository can be found at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/linux-bmq
And all-in-one patch can be found at gitlab.

Please report bugs at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/bmq/issues.

UPDATE:
Pls check https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/bmq/issues/5 for detail, in short, pls pick up commit https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/linux-bmq/commit/c98f44724fac5c2b42d831f0ad986008420d13c2 for this release.

BMQ 0.93 release

BMQ 0.93 is released with the following changes

1. New tasks has MAX_PRIORITY_ADJ boost_prio. This will help with task fairness while new task boost creating.
2. Rework deboost_task(). Again, this will help to reduce scheduling overhead.
3. Re-implement yield_type 1. The new yield implement now can be set by yield_type 2. Still, default is 1(deboost task and requeue it).

This should be the last BMQ release for v5.0 kernel.

Enjoy BMQ 0.93 for v5.0 kernel, :)

Full kernel tree repository can be found at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/linux-bmq
And all-in-one patch can be found at gitlab.

Please report bugs at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/bmq/issues.

BMQ 0.92 is release

BMQ 0.92 is released with the following changes

1. Rework boost/deboost task and thresholds.
2. Rework yield(). By introducing skip task in rq structure and skip schedule it in __schedule(). This should fulfilled the response to yield() and the long existed yield problem should be fixed.

This is yet another improvement release of BMQ. There are other bug fixes/improvement on going but ready to be released.

Enjoy BMQ 0.92 for v5.0 kernel, :)

Full kernel tree repository can be found at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/linux-bmq
And all-in-one patch can be found at gitlab.

Please report bugs at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/bmq/issues.

NOTICE:
Some untested code are stealth in the yield() rework commit, emergency fix at 

https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/linux-bmq/commit/1b66bf997e19f3fa59e0871cce0de4778e91bce3

BMQ 0.91 release

BMQ 0.91 is released with the following changes

1. Fix BMQ compile fails for x86-UP, again. Thanks pf's code review.
2. treat NORMAL task as dl for lower ttwu latency.
3. Remove uprq. Unified code base for UP and SMP.
4. Rework task switch time thresholds.
5. Rework sg_balance_trigger(). Add one more trigger scenario.

This is improvement release of BMQ. #4 will provide more distributed boost range, users can notice this by watching the cpu monitoring tools.

Enjoy BMQ 0.91 for v5.0 kernel, :)

Full kernel tree repository can be found at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/linux-bmq
And all-in-one patch can be found at gitlab.

Please report bugs at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/bmq/issues.

BMQ 0.90 release

BMQ 0.90 is released with the following changes

1. Consider boost_prio in task_prio(). This will allow cpu monitoring tool shows task boost/deboost priority changes.
2. Fix BMQ compile fails for x86-UP.
3. Some code optimization.

This is a bug fix and improvement release of BMQ.

Enjoy BMQ 0.90 for v5.0 kernel, :)

Full kernel tree repository can be found at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/linux-bmq
And all-in-one patch can be found at gitlab.

Please report bugs at https://gitlab.com/alfredchen/bmq/issues.