Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757024AbXFWLF3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:05:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753756AbXFWLFV (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:05:21 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.233]:10320 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753270AbXFWLFT (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:05:19 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=fYpGWbo96HNuxwR7AKN+l1t4x1/SI/WOZ7x19Zg23qobO8GDSFAJifW4UW5+01Z34uVjQvFa1IJHbQe1DIbY5PQ0cGbuy4gQSb+xuYQ46+szFKQa4NfzujI2X/95u6iorD61DHc6boIIqzSGE2w1hdTYlE/hXNZJUB77EeJ+JrE= Message-ID: <7b9198260706230405y5c4a173dx82a18fcc14a10272@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:05:17 +0100 From: "Tom Spink" To: "Alberto Gonzalez" Subject: Re: Question about fair schedulers Cc: "Willy Tarreau" , "Paolo Ornati" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" In-Reply-To: <200706231300.18840.info@gnebu.es> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200706230007.15622.info@gnebu.es> <200706231245.30317.info@gnebu.es> <20070623105057.GD7070@1wt.eu> <200706231300.18840.info@gnebu.es> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1613 Lines: 48 On 23/06/07, Alberto Gonzalez wrote: > On Saturday 23 June 2007, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 12:45:30PM +0200, Alberto Gonzalez wrote: > > > Ok, so if I understand correctly, the problem I had in my simple test > > > will be solved by distributions once a fair scheduler goes into mainline? > > > > No, there is no reason to wait for a fair scheduler at all. A *desktop* > > distro *must* take process priorities into account, otherwise it's broken > > by design. > > Well, right now with the mainline scheduler it works fine. The player gets > more CPU time than the encoder. It was when I switched to -ck kernel (with a > fair scheduler) that it didn't work correctly, that's why I asked about > this "fair" concept in the first place. > > I guess once a fair scheduler goes mainline they will adapt things to work > correctly again. > > > Regards, > > Willy > > Cheers, > Alberto. > > > - > 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/ > Alberto, If you're feeling adventurous, grab the latest kernel and patch it with Ingo's scheduler: CFS. You may be pleasantly surprised. -- Regards, Tom Spink University of Edinburgh - 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/