On Sun, 2007-03-11 at 13:10 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Mike Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Full patch for 2.6.21-rc3-mm2: > > > http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/staircase-deadline/2.6.21-rc3-mm2-rsdl-0.29.patch > > > > I'm seeing a cpu distribution problem running this on my P4 box. > > > With 2.6.21-rc3, X/Gforce maintain their ~50% cpu (remain smooth), and > > the encoders (100%cpu bound) get whats left when Amarok isn't eating > > it. > > > > I plunked the above patch into plain 2.6.21-rc3 and retested to > > eliminate other mm tree differences, and it's repeatable. The nice 5 > > cpu hogs always receive considerably more that the nice 0 sleepers. > > hm. Do you get the same same problem on UP too? (i.e. lets eliminate any > SMP/HT artifacts)
Behavior is slightly different with a UP kernel. Neither encoder receives more cpu than X, but they each still receive more than gforce. The distribution of X/Gforce vs lame/lame averages per eyeball to roughly ~50:50. I noticed Con posted an accounting fix, and applied it. No change. -Mike - 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/