Subject: Re: x264 benchmarks BFS vs CFS
From: Kasper Sandberg <lkml@metanurb.dk>
To: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
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       Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 14:30 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 12:00 +0100, Kasper Sandberg wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 11:53 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > * Jason Garrett-Glaser <darkshikari@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:33 AM, Kasper Sandberg <lkml@metanurb.dk> wrote:
> > > > > well well :) nothing quite speaks out like graphs..
> > > > >
> > > > > http://doom10.org/index.php?topic=78.0
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > regards,
> > > > > Kasper Sandberg
> > > > 
> > > > Yeah, I sent this to Mike a bit ago.  Seems that .32 has basically tied 
> > > > it--and given the strict thread-ordering expectations of x264, you basically 
> > > > can't expect it to do any better, though I'm curious what's responsible for 
> > > > the gap in "veryslow", even with SCHED_BATCH enabled.
> > > > 
> > > > The most odd case is that of "ultrafast", in which CFS immediately ties BFS 
> > > > when we enable SCHED_BATCH.  We're doing some further testing to see exactly 
> > 
> > Thats kinda besides the point.
> > 
> > all these tunables and weirdness is _NEVER_ going to work for people.
> 
> Fact is, it is working for a great number of people, the vast majority
> of whom don't even know where the knobs are, much less what they do. 
but not as great as it could be :)

> 
> > now forgive me for being so blunt, but for a user, having to do
> > echo x264 > /proc/cfs/gief_me_performance_on_app
> > or
> > echo some_benchmark > x264 > /proc/cfs/gief_me_performance_on_app
> 
> Theatrics noted.
> 
> > just isnt usable, bfs matches, even exceeds cfs on all accounts, with
> > ZERO user tuning, so while cfs may be able to nearly match up with a ton
> > of application specific stuff, that just doesnt work for a normal user.
> 
> Seems you haven't done much benchmarking.  BFS has strengths as well as
> weaknesses, all schedulers do.
yeah, BFS just has more strengths and fewer weaknesses than CFS :)
> 
> > not to mention that bfs does this whilst not loosing interactivity,
> > something which cfs certainly cannot boast.
> 
> Not true.  I sent Con hard evidence of a severe problem area wrt
> interactivity, and hard numbers showing other places where BFS needs
> some work.  But hey, if BFS blows your skirt up, use it and be happy.
Theatrics noted.

As for your point, well.. as far as i have heard, all you've come up
with is COMPLETELY WORTHLESS use cases which nobody is ever EVAR going
to do, and thus irellevant
> 
> 	-Mike
> 

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