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SubjectRe: [Lse-tech] Re: multi-queue scheduler update
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 03:12:11PM -0500, Mark Hahn wrote:
> > incurred in the current implementation. To maintain existing
> > scheduler behavior, we look at all CPU specific runqueues to find
> > the highest priority (goodness) task in the system. Therefore,
>
> do you have cpu-affinity? the mainstream scheduler at one time
> actually tuned the decision to move a task based on its expected
> timeslice and the worstcase cache-flush time.

We use the same same cpu-affinity mechanism as the current scheduler.
This simply gives a 'priority boost' to tasks that last ran on the
current CPU. In our multi-queue scheduler, tasks on a remote queue
must have high enough priority (to overcome this boost) before being
moved to the local queue.

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Mike Kravetz mkravetz@sequent.com
IBM Linux Technology Center
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Beaverton, OR 97006-6063 (503)578-3494
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