Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:56:54 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [2.6.16-rc6 patch] remove sleep_avg multiplier |
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* Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> wrote:
> Greetings, > > The patchlet below removes the sleep_avg multiplier. This multiplier > was necessary back when we had 10 seconds of dynamic range in sleep_avg, > but now that we only have one second, it causes that one second to be > compressed down to 100ms in some cases. This is particularly noticeable > when compiling a kernel in a slow NFS mount, and I believe it to be a > very likely candidate for other recently reported network related > interactivity problems. > > In testing, I can detect no negative impact of this removal. IMHO, this > constitutes a bug-fix, and as such is suitable for 2.6.16. > > -Mike > > Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
looks good to me. The biggest complaint against the current scheduler is over-eager interactivity boosting - this patch moderates that in a smooth way.
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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