More aggressive nice discrimination by the Staircase-Deadline cpu scheduler means ksoftirqd is getting significantly less cpu than previously. Adjust nice value accordingly for similar cpu distribution.
Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- kernel/softirq.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.21-rc7-sd/kernel/softirq.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc7-sd.orig/kernel/softirq.c 2007-04-20 00:30:08.000000000 +1000 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc7-sd/kernel/softirq.c 2007-04-20 00:30:31.000000000 +1000 @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ void __init softirq_init(void) static int ksoftirqd(void * __bind_cpu) { - set_user_nice(current, 19); + set_user_nice(current, 15); current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); -- -ck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/