Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: A nice CPU resource controller | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Date | Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:44:41 +0000 |
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On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 15:21 +1000, Peter Williams wrote: > Mike Galbraith wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 11:07 +1000, Peter Williams wrote: > > > >> But your implication here is valid. It is better to fiddle with the > >> dynamic priorities than with nice as this leaves nice for its primary > >> purpose of enabling the sysadmin to effect the allocation of CPU > >> resources based on external considerations. > > > > I don't understand. It _is_ the administrator fiddling with nice based > > on external considerations. It just steadies the administrator's hand. > > Not exactly. If "nice" is being (automatically) fiddled to meet some > measurable requirement such as the amount of CPU tasks get it is no > longer available as a means for the indication of the relative > importance of the tasks.
Yeah, I thought about that meanwhile, see other reply.
-Mike
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