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SubjectRe: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.3.1 for 2.6.16-rc5
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Peter Williams wrote:
> Al Boldi wrote:
> > Peter Williams wrote:
> >> Al Boldi wrote:
> >>>>>> Control parameters for the scheduler can be read/set via files in:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> /sys/cpusched/<scheduler>/
> >>>
> >>> The default values for spa make it really easy to lock up the system.
> >>
> >> Which one of the SPA schedulers and under what conditions? I've been
> >> mucking around with these and may have broken something. If so I'd
> >> like to fix it.
> >
> > spa_no_frills, with a malloc-hog less than timeslice. Setting
> > promotion_floor to max unlocks the console.
>
> OK, you could also try increasing the promotion interval.

Seems that this will only delay the lock in spa_svr but not inhibit it.

> It should be noted that spa_no_frills isn't really expected to behave
> very well as it's a pure round robin scheduler.

It's a bare bone scheduler that allows to prioritize procs to the admins
desire, instead of leaving the priority management to the scheduler, which
may be undesirable for some but not all.

> It's intended purpose is as a basis for more sophisticated schedulers.

And that's why the same problem exists in the child scheds, i.e. spa_ws,
spa_svr, zaphod, but not spa_ebs.

> I've been thinking
> about removing it as a bootable scheduler and only making its children
> available but I find it useful to compare benchmark and other test
> results from it with that from the other schedulers to get an idea of
> the extra costs involved.

Thanks!

--
Al

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