From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263123AbTHVNLg (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:11:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263107AbTHVNLg (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:11:36 -0400 Received: from dyn-ctb-210-9-245-150.webone.com.au ([210.9.245.150]:19974 "EHLO chimp.local.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263277AbTHVNJD (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:09:03 -0400 Message-ID: <3F4615D8.9030200@cyberone.com.au> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:08:40 +1000 From: Nick Piggin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030714 Debian/1.4-2 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roger Luethi CC: linux-kernel Subject: Re: [CFT][PATCH] new scheduler policy References: <3F4182FD.3040900@cyberone.com.au> <20030822085508.GA10215@k3.hellgate.ch> In-Reply-To: <20030822085508.GA10215@k3.hellgate.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Roger Luethi wrote: >On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:53:01 +1000, Nick Piggin wrote: > > >>I haven't run many tests on it - my mind blanked when I tried to >>remember the scores of scheduler "exploits" thrown around. So if >>anyone would like to suggest some, or better still, run some, >>please do so. And be nice, this isn't my type of scheduler :P >> >> > >I timed a pathological benchmark from hell I've been playing with lately. >Three consecutive runs following a fresh boot. Time is in seconds: > >2.4.21 821 21 25 >2.6.0-test3-mm1 724 946 896 >2.6.0-test3-mm1-nick 905 987 997 > >Runtime with ideal scheduling: < 2 seconds (we're thrashing). > > Cool. Can you post the benchmark source please?