2006-12-09 05:14:35

by Con Kolivas

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Subject: 2.6.19-ck2

This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity.
It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the
desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace.

Apply to 2.6.19
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ck/patches/2.6/2.6.19/2.6.19-ck2/patch-2.6.19-ck2.bz2

or server version
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ck/patches/cks/patch-2.6.19-cks2.bz2

web:
http://kernel.kolivas.org

all patches:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ck/patches/


Changes (first significant changes since :
Added:
+sched-fix_iso_starvation.patch
A bug first introduced into 2.6.18-ck1/cks1 meant that SCHED_ISO tasks were
not being throttled when above their cpu limit. This presents a security risk
to any machine with user logins and upgrading for this issue should be
considered a high priority.

+sched-make_softirqd_batch.patch
Instead of 'nice'ing ksoftirqd we can use the policy hint of SCHED_BATCH which
specifies it as not requiring low latency. This increases the cpu use possible
under very heavy softirq traffic (such as network loads) and decreases the
latency that might otherwise be seen (such as keyboard input under heavy cpu
load on slow machines).

Split patches available.

Full patchlist:

sched-staircase-16.2.patch
sched-staircase16_interactive_tunable.patch
sched-staircase16_compute_tunable.patch
sched-range.patch
sched-iso-4.6.patch
sched-fix_iso_starvation.patch
track_mutexes-1.patch
sched-idleprio-1.11.patch
sched-limit_policy_changes.patch
sched-make_softirqd_batch.patch
cfq-ioprio_inherit_rt_class.patch
cfq-iso_idleprio_ionice.patch
hz-default_1000.patch
hz-no_default_250.patch
sched-add-above-background-load-function.patch
mm-swap_prefetch-33.patch
mm-convert_swappiness_to_mapped.patch
mm-lots_watermark.diff
mm-kswapd_inherit_prio-1.patch
mm-prio_dependant_scan-2.patch
mm-background_scan-2.patch
mm-idleprio_prio.patch
mm-decrease_minimum_dirty_ratio.patch
mm-set_zero_dirty_ratio.patch
mm-filesize_dependant_lru_cache_add.patch
kconfig-expose_vmsplit_option.patch
ck2-version.patch


楽しみなさい

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2006-12-09 08:44:51

by jos poortvliet

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Subject: Re: [ck] 2.6.19-ck2

Op Sat Dec 9 2006, schreef Con Kolivas:
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> Changes (first significant changes since :
> Added:
> +sched-fix_iso_starvation.patch
> A bug first introduced into 2.6.18-ck1/cks1 meant that SCHED_ISO tasks were
> not being throttled when above their cpu limit. This presents a security
> risk to any machine with user logins and upgrading for this issue should be
> considered a high priority.
>
> +sched-make_softirqd_batch.patch
> Instead of 'nice'ing ksoftirqd we can use the policy hint of SCHED_BATCH
> which specifies it as not requiring low latency. This increases the cpu use
> possible under very heavy softirq traffic (such as network loads) and
> decreases the latency that might otherwise be seen (such as keyboard input
> under heavy cpu load on slow machines).

nice, con, nice! good to see you're back! how are things progressing in the
japanese area?

grtz
Jos



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Ik ben niet verantwoordelijk voor wijzigingen van de wereld, of het beeld wat
ik daarvan heb, noch voor de daaruit voortvloeiende gedragingen van mezelf.
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