Con Kolivas wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:38 pm, Peter Williams wrote:
Con Kolivas wrote:
> I guess we need to check whether reversing this patch helps.
It would be interesting to see if it does.
If it does we probably have to wear the cost (and try to reduce it) as
without this change smp nice support is fairly ineffective due to the
fact that it moves exactly the same tasks as would be moved without it.
At the most it changes the frequency at which load balancing occurs.
I disagree. I think the current implementation changes the balancing according
to nice much more effectively than previously where by their very nature, low
priority tasks were balanced more frequently and ended up getting their own
cpu. No it does not provide firm 'nice' handling that we can achieve on UP
configurations but it is also free in throughput terms and miles better than
without it. I would like to see your more robust (and nicer code) solution
incorporated but I also want to see it cost us as little as possible. We
haven't confirmed anything just yet...
Whether it turns out to be that or not ... 10% is a BIG frigging hit to
take doing something basic like kernel compilation. Hell, 1% is a big
hit to take, given the lengths we go to to buy that sort of benefit.
M.
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