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Message-Id: <200704182233.27378.kernel@kolivas.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:33:26 +1000
From: Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>
To: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Steve Fox <drfickle@...ibm.com>,
Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Announce] [patch] Modular Scheduler Core and Completely Fair Scheduler [CFS]
On Wednesday 18 April 2007 22:14, Nick Piggin wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 07:33:56PM +1000, Con Kolivas wrote:
> > On Wednesday 18 April 2007 18:55, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > > Again, for comparison 2.6.21-rc7 mainline:
> > >
> > > 508.87user 32.47system 2:17.82elapsed 392%CPU
> > > 509.05user 32.25system 2:17.84elapsed 392%CPU
> > > 508.75user 32.26system 2:17.83elapsed 392%CPU
> > > 508.63user 32.17system 2:17.88elapsed 392%CPU
> > > 509.01user 32.26system 2:17.90elapsed 392%CPU
> > > 509.08user 32.20system 2:17.95elapsed 392%CPU
> > >
> > > So looking at elapsed time, a granularity of 100ms is just behind the
> > > mainline score. However it is using slightly less user time and
> > > slightly more idle time, which indicates that balancing might have got
> > > a bit less aggressive.
> > >
> > > But anyway, it conclusively shows the efficiency impact of such tiny
> > > timeslices.
> >
> > See test.kernel.org for how (the now defunct) SD was performing on
> > kernbench. It had low latency _and_ equivalent throughput to mainline.
> > Set the standard appropriately on both counts please.
>
> I can give it a run. Got an updated patch against -rc7?
I said I wasn't pursuing it but since you're offering, the rc6 patch should
apply ok.
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/staircase-deadline/2.6.21-rc6-sd-0.40.patch
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