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SubjectRe: 3.9.0 + CONFIG_X86_INTEL_PSTATE=y -> ThinkPad T420 with i5 lost ACPI functionality
On 05/13/2013 10:20 AM, Toralf Förster wrote:
> On 05/13/2013 06:43 PM, Dirk Brandewie wrote:
>> I spent some more time looking for a solution to this you can get same
>> behavior
>> by setting a config option in BOINC "Use at most X % CPU time"
>
> yes - that's true. But BOINC is just an example.
>
> If "nice -19 <loooong running background job" is nowadays so uncommon,
> then I'm just curious what's the modern (easy) way of doing that ?
>

I believe using CGROUP's is the right answer for limiting this type
of load.

I have not tested it but from reading:
Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cgroups

You should be able to do something like the following:

cd /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu
mkdir bonic
echo 400 > boinc/cpu.shares
boinc &
echo $! > boinc/tasks

Should limit the boinc group to ~40% of the cpu.

WARNING completely untested YMMV

--Dirk
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