Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Jan 1999 16:12:40 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] HZ change for ix86 |
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Hi!
> I think you didn't describe the tradeoff correctly. The amount of time a > process gets are independent of HZ. HZ just defines its granularity. > > Let me describe this with a picture, where we have two runnable processes A > and B: . . . . . . . . > HZ = 100: AAAAAAAABBBBBBBBAAAAAAAABBBBBBBB > HZ = 400: AABBAABBAABBAABBAABBAABBAABBAABB
Sorry, but default timeslice is defined as something relative to HZ (and it is in jiffies), so no matter how you change HZ, timeslices are constant (in seconds). Pavel -- The best software in life is free (not shareware)! Pavel GCM d? s-: !g p?:+ au- a--@ w+ v- C++@ UL+++ L++ N++ E++ W--- M- Y- R+
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