Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265809AbTFSPhc (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:37:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265810AbTFSPhc (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:37:32 -0400 Received: from c17870.thoms1.vic.optusnet.com.au ([210.49.248.224]:43727 "EHLO mail.kolivas.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265809AbTFSPhb (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:37:31 -0400 From: Con Kolivas To: Mike Galbraith Subject: Re: [PATCH] sleep_decay for interactivity 2.5.72 - testers needed Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 01:51:30 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 Cc: linux kernel mailing list , Andreas Boman References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030619171843.02299e00@pop.gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030619171843.02299e00@pop.gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200306200151.30187.kernel@kolivas.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1360 Lines: 30 On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 01:47, Mike Galbraith wrote: > At 12:05 AM 6/20/2003 +1000, Con Kolivas wrote: > >Testers required. A version for -ck will be created soon. > > That idea definitely needs some refinement. > > Run test-starve.c, and try to login. I'm not sure, but I don't think I've > seen any task change more than one priority from what it started life > at. In test-starve's case, that's 16. It's partner is at 16 as well, so > it can't preempt (bad). A dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null stays glued to > 21. Repeated sh -c 'ps l $$' bounces back and forth between 15 and > 21. (maybe I should fly to Vegas.. when I try to login with test-starve > running, I keep hitting 21:) Heh, sounds like you'll get to go there lose all your money come back and still be waiting :P Too fast a woody that stays up too long? Perhaps 2 seconds up and 10 down would be better than 1 up 60 down. I was just trying to make a point with those numbers; they were hardly tuned. Also perhaps the child penalty of 50 is now too low and IIRC the 95 used a long time ago may give the shell a better chance of firing up. Con - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/