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SubjectRe: [PATCH] sched: Fix adverse effects of NFS client on interactive response
FromTrond Myklebust <>
DateWed, 21 Dec 2005 08:21:20 -0500
On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 17:32 +1100, Peter Williams wrote:

> > Sorry. That theory is just plain wrong. ALL of those case _ARE_
> > interactive sleeps.
>
> It's not a theory. It's a result of observing a -j 16 build with the
> sources on an NFS mounted file system with top with and without the
> patches and comparing that with the same builds with the sources on a
> local file system. Without the patches the tasks in the kernel build
> all get the same dynamic priority as the X server and other interactive
> programs when the sources are on an NFS mounted file system. With the
> patches they generally have dynamic priorities between 6 to 10 higher
> than the X server and other interactive programs.

...and if you stick in a faster server?...

There is _NO_ fundamental difference between NFS and a local filesystem
that warrants marking one as "interactive" and the other as
"noninteractive". What you are basically saying is that all I/O should
be marked as TASK_NONINTERACTIVE.

Cheers,
Trond

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