Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Con Kolivas <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] O12.2int for interactivity | Date | Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:06:06 +1000 |
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 21:25, Ingo Molnar wrote: > On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Con Kolivas wrote: > > Reverted Ingo's EXPIRED_STARVING definition; it was making interactive > > tasks expire faster as cpu load increased. > > hm, that bit was needed for fairness, otherwise 'interactive' tasks can > monopolize the CPU. [ Have you tried lots of copies of thud.c (and > Davide's irman2 with the most evil settings), do they still produce no > starvation with this bit restored to the original logic? ]
I tried them aggressively; irman2 and thud don't hurt here. The idle detection limits both of them from gaining too much sleep_avg while waiting around and they dont get better dynamic priority than 17.
Con
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