Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] sched: simplify the select_task_rq_fair() | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Date | Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:51:12 +0100 |
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On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 14:01 +0800, Michael Wang wrote:
> I've enabled WAKE flag on my box like you did, but still can't see > regression, and I've just tested on a power server with 64 cpu, also > failed to reproduce the issue (not compared with virgin yet, but can't > see collapse).
I'm not surprised. I'm seeing enough inconsistent crap to come to the conclusion that stock scheduler knobs flat can't be used on a largish box, they're just too preempt-happy, leading to weird crap.
My 2 missing nodes came back, and the very same kernel that highly repeatably collapsed with 2 nodes does not with 4 nodes, and 2 nodes does not collapse with only preemption knob tweaking, and that's bullshit. Virgin shows instability in the mid-range, make a tiny tweak that should have little if any effect there, and that instability vanishes entirely. Test runs are not consistent enough boot to boot etc etc. Either stock knobs suck on NUMA boxen, or this box is possessed.
-Mike
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