Peter Williams wrote:
> Al Boldi wrote:
> > Peter Williams wrote:
> >> Al Boldi wrote:
> >>> The default values for spa make it really easy to lock up the system.
> >>> Is there a module to autotune these values according to cpu/mem/ctxt
> >>> performance?
> >>
> >> Jake Moilanen had a genetic algorithm autotuner for Zaphod at one time
> >> which I believe he ported over to PlugSched
> >
> > Would this be a load-adaptive dynamic tuner?
>
> Yes.
Wow!
> > What I meant was a lock-preventive static tuner. Something that would
> > take hw-latencies into account at boot and set values for non-locking
> > console operation.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean here. Can you elaborate?
In another thread Al Boldi wrote:
> After playing w/ these tunables it occurred to me that they are really
> only deadline limits, w/ a direct relation to cpu/mem/ctxt perf.
>
> i.e timeslice=1 on i386sx means something other than timeslice=1 on amd64
>
> It follows that w/o autotuning, the static default values have to be
> selected to allow for a large underlying perf range w/ a preference for
> the high range. This is also the reason why 2.6 feels really crummy on
> low perf ranges.
>
> Autotuning the default values would allow to tighten this range specific
> to the hw used, thus allowing for a smoother desktop experience.
> >> I could generate a patch to gather the statistic again and make them
> >> available via /proc if you would like to try a user space version of
> >> Jake's work (his was in kernel).
> >
> > That would be great!
>
> OK, I'll put it on my "to do" list.
Thanks!
--
Al
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