Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262554AbVESQJF (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 May 2005 12:09:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262556AbVESQJE (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 May 2005 12:09:04 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.198]:26842 "EHLO rproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262554AbVESQIm convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 May 2005 12:08:42 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=mwdXhue1HxV9WYgSMoOFqSKigmxbCiQJY4qhWaatsMHuIE0pY40CzglMdrZijwLBq2dIfOY9v5Scp3y9wmAsjqrxZQAP/qS81ceLrOfemd3omBkaxEU+cFK8ZQNhsNIm4ezZ8DsPL2r7DpHZTpKxuapy79B82ZnN6pRRvv1pJeA= Message-ID: <377362e105051909085cea3357@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 01:08:38 +0900 From: "Tetsuji \"Maverick\" Rai" Reply-To: "Tetsuji \"Maverick\" Rai" To: Con Kolivas Subject: Re: HT scheduler: is it really correct? or is it feature of HT? Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200505192123.24784.kernel@kolivas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <377362e10505181142252ec930@mail.gmail.com> <377362e105051902467cae323e@mail.gmail.com> <377362e105051903462a4d8949@mail.gmail.com> <200505192123.24784.kernel@kolivas.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2044 Lines: 46 After several tests, I found the default value is the best also to me. Thanks Con for nice advises and hints on scheduler. It's fun to see/modify kernel source files. But I think kernel isn't my higher priority. regards, On 5/19/05, Con Kolivas wrote: > On Thu, 19 May 2005 08:46 pm, Tetsuji "Maverick" Rai wrote: > > I've done a temporary minor hacking, which tells kernel only the half > > value of nice in all processes. Actually idle percentage was lowered, > > but the response of the main application became slower (as a matter of > > course.) > > > > I'm not sure which is better..if possible I want to take advantages of > > each one :) Am I expecting too much? > > Yes you are. Hyperthreading (currently depending on workload) only gives you > on average 15-25% more cpu with multiple threads. You can't get something for > nothing. Either the nice 0 task runs slower because a low priority task is > bound to the sibling, or it runs at the same speed and the low priority task > runs for less. If you want the nice 19 task to use more cpu run it at nice 0 > - because this is effectively what you are trying to do. If you want more cpu > you need extra true physical cpus, not logical cores. > > Your code does not do what you think it is doing either. If you want to change > the bias between nice levels across logical cores search the code for where > the value of sd->per_cpu_gain is set. It is currently set to 25% and you want > to increase it (although as I said you will derive no real world benefit as > your nice 0 task will just slow down). > > Cheers, > Con > -- Luckiest in the world / Weapon of Mass Distraction http://maverick6664.bravehost.com/ Aviation Jokes: http://www.geocities.com/tetsuji_rai/ Background: http://maverick.ns1.name/ - 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/