Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Mar 2003 09:05:44 +0200 | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: Bad interactive behaviour in 2.5.65-66 (sched.c) |
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At 08:35 AM 3/31/2003 +0200, Jens Axboe wrote: >On Mon, Mar 31 2003, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > At 07:06 AM 3/31/2003 +1000, Con Kolivas wrote: > > >On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 00:14, Jens Axboe wrote: > > >> On Sat, Mar 29 2003, Robert Love wrote: > > >> > On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 21:33, Con Kolivas wrote: > > >> > > Are you sure this should be called a bug? Basically X is an > > >interactive > > >> > > process. If it now is "interactive for a priority -10 process" then > > >it > > >> > > should be hogging the cpu time no? The priority -10 was a workaround > > >> > > for lack of interactivity estimation on the old scheduler. > > >> > > > >> > Well, I do not necessarily think that renicing X is the problem. Just > > >> > an idea. > > >> > > >> I see the exact same behaviour here (systems appears fine, cpu intensive > > >> app running, attempting to start anything _new_ stalls for ages), and I > > >> definitely don't play X renice tricks. > > >> > > >> It basically made 2.5 unusable here, waiting minutes for an ls to even > > >> start displaying _anything_ is totally unacceptable. > > > > > >I guess I should have trusted my own benchmark that was showing this was > > >worse > > >for system responsiveness. > > > > I don't think it's really bad for system responsiveness. I think the > >What drugs are you on? 2.5.65/66 is the worst interactive kernel I've >ever used, it would be _embarassing_ to release a 2.6-test with such a >rudimentary flaw in it. IOW, a big show stopper.
It's only horrible when you trigger the problems, otherwise it's wonderful.
> > problem is just that the sample is too small. The proof is that simply > > doing sleep_time %= HZ cures most of my woes. WRT contest and it's > >Irk, that sounds like a really ugly bandaid.
Nope, it's a really ugly _tourniquet_ ;-)
>I'm wondering why the scheduler guys aren't all over this problem, >getting it fixed.
I think they are.
-Mike
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