Bug#800929: linux_source-3.16: Scheduler prefers pinned tasks

2015-10-05 Thread paul . szabo
Sorry, that should have been package linux-source-3.16 (with a dash, not underscore). Maybe I could have re-assigned this but; but do not really know how to, so instead now submitted new one. Please close this errant bug report. Thanks, Paul Paul Szabo p...@maths.usyd.edu.au http://www.maths

Bug#800929: linux_source-3.16: Scheduler prefers pinned tasks

2015-10-04 Thread Paul Szabo
Package: linux_source-3.16 Version: 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u4 Severity: normal The Linux CFS scheduler prefers pinned tasks and unfairly gives more CPU time to tasks that have set CPU affinity. This effect is observed with or without CGROUP controls. To demonstrate: on an otherwise idle machine, as s