Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932502AbWEVGeM (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 May 2006 02:34:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932503AbWEVGeM (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 May 2006 02:34:12 -0400 Received: from omta04sl.mx.bigpond.com ([144.140.93.156]:10742 "EHLO omta04sl.mx.bigpond.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932502AbWEVGeL (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 May 2006 02:34:11 -0400 Message-ID: <44715B5F.6060205@bigpond.net.au> Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 16:34:07 +1000 From: Peter Williams User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Galbraith CC: Con Kolivas , Rene Herman , Lee Revell , Linux Kernel , Linus Torvalds , Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: 2.6.17-rc2+ regression -- audio skipping References: <4470CC8F.9030706@keyaccess.nl> <200605221033.49153.kernel@kolivas.org> <1148264043.7643.15.camel@homer> <200605221243.54100.kernel@kolivas.org> <1148267426.21765.15.camel@homer> <4471305F.40105@bigpond.net.au> <1148273580.9914.3.camel@homer> <44714E4F.8000801@bigpond.net.au> <1148277658.10520.9.camel@homer> In-Reply-To: <1148277658.10520.9.camel@homer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at omta04sl.mx.bigpond.com from [147.10.133.38] using ID pwil3058@bigpond.net.au at Mon, 22 May 2006 06:34:07 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1150 Lines: 28 Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 15:38 +1000, Peter Williams wrote: > >> In my schedulers I generalize background to "soft cpu rate caps" with a >> cap of zero being the same as background. I have patches to add both >> soft and hard cpu rate caps to the standard scheduler but I'm sitting on >> them until things settle down a bit. > > I look forward to seeing them. Any chance of a preview? > I'll post them as a "request for comment" tomorrow. I'm still undecided about the best user space interface for using them. At the moment, I have mechanisms to set them via /proc which is very handy for testing but not necessarily the best interface for general use. Other options are via rlimits or a syscall. Peter -- Peter Williams pwil3058@bigpond.net.au "Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious." -- Ambrose Bierce - 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/