Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:21:09 +0530 | From | Balbir Singh <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sched: cpu accounting controller (V2) |
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Paul Menage wrote: > Hi Vatsa, > > Thanks, this looks pretty good. > > On Nov 30, 2007 4:42 AM, Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: >> - Removed load average information. I felt it needs more thought (esp >> to deal with SMP and virtualized platforms) and can be added for >> 2.6.25 after more discussions. > > The "load" value was never a load average, it was just a count of the > % cpu time used in the previous fixed window of time, updated at the > end of each window. > > Maybe we can instead do something based tracking the length of the run > queue for the cgroup? > > Paul
Length of the runqueue gives no idea of the weight of the tasks on the runqueue. I still prefer to have a top'ish view of the load on the system. The load average can be extracted using container group statistics.
-- Warm Regards, Balbir Singh Linux Technology Center IBM, ISTL
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