my current "interactivity changes" scheduler patchset can be found at:
redhat.com/~mingo/O(1)-scheduler/sched-2.6.0-test1-G3
(this patch is mostly orthogonal to Con's patchset, but obviously collides
patch-wise. The patch should also cleanly apply to 2.6.0-test1-bk2.)
Changes:
- cycle accuracy (nanosec resolution) timekeeping within the scheduler.
This fixes a number of audio artifacts (skipping) i've reproduced. I
dont think we can get away without going cycle accuracy - reading the
cycle counter adds some overhead, but it's acceptable. The first
nanosec-accuracy patch was done by Mike Galbraith - this patch is
different but similar in nature. I went further in also changing the
sleep_avg to be of nanosec resolution.
- more finegrained timeslices: there's now a timeslice 'sub unit' of 50
usecs (TIMESLICE_GRANULARITY) - CPU hogs on the same priority level
will roundrobin with this unit. This change is intended to make gaming
latencies shorter.
- include scheduling latency in sleep bonus calculation. This change
extends the sleep-average calculation to the period of time a task
spends on the runqueue but doesnt get scheduled yet, right after
wakeup. Note that tasks that were preempted (ie. not woken up) and are
still on the runqueue do not get this benefit. This change closes one
of the last hole in the dynamic priority estimation, it should result
in interactive tasks getting more priority under heavy load. This
change also fixes the test-starve.c testcase from David Mosberger.
- (some other, smaller changes.)
if you've experienced audio skipping in 2.6.0-test1 (and later) kernels
then please give this patch a go. Reports, testing feedback and comments
are welcome,
Ingo
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