linux-kernel - Re: A nice CPU resource controller

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Message-ID: <44F707F5.4090008@nortel.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:01:57 -0600
From:	"Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@...tel.com>
To:	Martin Ohlin <martin.ohlin@...trol.lth.se>
CC:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Peter Williams <pwil3058@...pond.net.au>, balbir@...ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A nice CPU resource controller

Martin Ohlin wrote:

> Maybe I am wrong, but as I see it, if one wants to control on a group 
> level, then the individual shares within the group are not that 
> important. If the individual share is important, then it should be 
> controlled on a per-task level. Please tell me if I am wrong.

The individual share within the group may not be important, but the 
relative priority might be.


We have instances were we would like to express something like:

--these tasks are all grouped together as "maintenance" tasks, and 
should be guaranteed 3% of the system together
	--within the maintenance tasks, my network heartbeat application is the 
most latency sensitive, so I want it to be higher-priority than the 
other maintenance tasks


 From my point of view, task group cpu allocation and relative task 
priority should be orthogonal.

First you pick a task group (based on cpu share, priority, etc.) then 
within the group you pick the task with highest priority.

This was something that CKRM did right (IMHO).

Chris
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