Re: [libvirt] Suboptimal default cpu Cgroup

2014-08-15 Thread Radim Krčmář
2014-08-15 10:50+0200, Martin Kletzander: On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 04:25:05PM +0200, Radim Krčmář wrote: Hello, by default, libvirt with KVM creates a Cgroup hierarchy in 'cpu,cpuacct' [1], with 'shares' set to 1024 on every level. This raises two points: 1) Every VM is given an equal

Re: [libvirt] Suboptimal default cpu Cgroup

2014-08-15 Thread Radim Krčmář
2014-08-15 14:44+0100, Daniel P. Berrange: On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 09:23:35AM -0400, Andrew Theurer wrote: On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 01:55:11PM -0400, Andrew Theurer wrote: From: Radim Krčmář rkrc...@redhat.com It does not seem to be possible to tune shares and get a good general

[libvirt] Suboptimal default cpu Cgroup

2014-08-14 Thread Radim Krčmář
Hello, by default, libvirt with KVM creates a Cgroup hierarchy in 'cpu,cpuacct' [1], with 'shares' set to 1024 on every level. This raises two points: 1) Every VM is given an equal amount of CPU time. [2] ($CG/machine.slice/*/shares = 1024) Which means that smaller / less loaded guests

Re: [libvirt] Suboptimal default cpu Cgroup

2014-08-14 Thread Radim Krčmář
2014-08-14 13:55-0400, Andrew Theurer: - Original Message - From: Radim Krčmář rkrc...@redhat.com To: libvir-list@redhat.com Cc: Daniel P. Berrange berra...@redhat.com, Andrew Theurer atheu...@redhat.com Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 9:25:05 AM Subject: Suboptimal