On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 02:56:09PM +0100, Lukas Hejtmanek wrote: > Hello, > > I noticed short thread in LKM regarding "sched: add vslice" causes horrible > interactivity under load. > > I can see similar behavior. If I stress both CPU cores, even typing on > keyboard suffers from huge latencies, I can see letters appearing with delay > (typing into xterm). No swap is used at all, having 1GB free RAM. > > I noticed this bad behavior with 2.6.24-git[46], 2.6.24-rc8-git was OK.
Hi Lukas, Can you check if the patch below helps improve interactivity for you? The patch is against 2.6.25-rc1. I would request you to check for difference it makes with CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED and CONFIG_FAIR_USER_SCHED turned on. --- kernel/sched.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: current/kernel/sched.c =================================================================== --- current.orig/kernel/sched.c +++ current/kernel/sched.c @@ -7431,8 +7431,8 @@ local_load = tg->cfs_rq[i]->load.weight; local_shares = (local_load * total_shares) / total_load; - if (!local_shares) - local_shares = MIN_GROUP_SHARES; + if (!local_load) + local_shares = tg->shares; if (local_shares == tg->se[i]->load.weight) continue; @@ -7710,7 +7710,7 @@ struct rq *rq = cfs_rq->rq; int on_rq; - if (!shares) + if (shares < MIN_GROUP_SHARES) shares = MIN_GROUP_SHARES; on_rq = se->on_rq; -- Regards, vatsa -- 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/