Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:05:17 +0100 | From | "Tom Spink" <> | Subject | Re: Question about fair schedulers |
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On 23/06/07, Alberto Gonzalez <info@gnebu.es> 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/
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