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  • #51
    Originally posted by ulenrich View Post
    You didnt answer what RIFS-v2 is about in more detail!

    I am not a big tester. I just have a good 'feeling':

    BFS feels a bit faster when low load (only video using kaffeine)
    RIFS-ES feels the same if low load or high load (compile + video)
    It is the original RIFS actually.

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    • #52
      Originally posted by ulenrich View Post
      Chen,
      could you give me a more detailed rationale, why
      - I should use an older branch of code
      - what is different in principle to RIFS-ES
      - I could have more success in testing than you yourself
      Originally posted by TAXI View Post
      I know that disabling them fixes the errors, I just wanted to tell you so you can fix it in source.

      But now I tried to compile it on a netbook with Intel Atom CPU:

      block/built-in.o: In function `__blk_complete_request':
      (.text+0x8345): undefined reference to `cpus_share_cache'

      This time I don't know how to fix it.

      //EDIT: Fixed by changing

      shared = cpus_share_cache(cpu, ccpu);
      to

      shared = true; // Hardcoded for HT, else: cpus_share_cache(cpu, ccpu);

      in block/blk-softirq.c
      This code is for HyperThreading CPUs only and may fail on dual (or more) core CPUs. Also I couldn't test it yet as the netbook is slow and I have to do a lot more before I'm able to reboot.
      Originally posted by kernelOfTruth View Post
      I DO care about tickless :P

      best compromise about interactivity, smoothness and energy savings

      otherwise I could also use the rt-kernel


      or aren't there that much energy savings with tickless enabled ?
      Here I copy a whole things from the prev thread.

      This is RIFS-V3-Test(Actually is V5) based on RIFS-V2
      It solved the interactivity problem RIFS-ES has.





      EDIT 2
      Wow, I have run the latt -c255 sleep 10 with music playing and browsing using firefox.
      No lag with Music and Screen.

      [admin@localhost ~]$ latt -c255 sleep 10

      Parameters: min_wait=100ms, max_wait=500ms, clients=255
      Entries logged: 765

      Wakeup averages
      -------------------------------------
      Max 148215 usec
      Avg 11210 usec
      Stdev 20550 usec
      Stdev mean 743 usec

      Work averages
      -------------------------------------
      Max 1210226 usec
      Avg 59141 usec
      Stdev 89912 usec
      Stdev mean 3251 usec


      Remember to rename it to rifs.c and replace it with the original one.
      Chen

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      • #53
        Originally posted by 3766691 View Post
        Here I copy a whole things from the prev thread.

        This is RIFS-V3-Test(Actually is V5) based on RIFS-V2
        It solved the interactivity problem RIFS-ES has.





        EDIT 2
        Wow, I have run the latt -c255 sleep 10 with music playing and browsing using firefox.
        No lag with Music and Screen.

        [admin@localhost ~]$ latt -c255 sleep 10

        Parameters: min_wait=100ms, max_wait=500ms, clients=255
        Entries logged: 765

        Wakeup averages
        -------------------------------------
        Max 148215 usec
        Avg 11210 usec
        Stdev 20550 usec
        Stdev mean 743 usec

        Work averages
        -------------------------------------
        Max 1210226 usec
        Avg 59141 usec
        Stdev 89912 usec
        Stdev mean 3251 usec


        Remember to rename it to rifs.c and replace it with the original one.
        Chen
        RIFS-V3-Test will not optmise for big workload anymore and it now focuses on fair. Also it should fix the building issue.

        Although it will produce a bad latt benchmark result, it will produce good user experience.

        @ulenrich @TAXI:
        You can try whether it solves the building issue with some configuration or not.
        Last edited by 3766691; 25 June 2012, 06:36 AM.

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        • #54
          For interactivity, it seems to me that the maximum latencies are much more important than the average.

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          • #55


            BFS-O(1)-423. Patch the kernel with BFS first.
            It is an improvement patch on data structure. As you see, the time complexity of BFS is O(n) and with this the time complexity become O(1).

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            • #56
              @3766691:

              smecenter has a point - overall RIFS-ES is a very smooth and great scheduler

              to make it the best it is paramount that the max latencies also get smaller


              I'm currently still using it with 3.4.2 and it's working great but from time to time there are small noticable lags during heavy i/o (the same with BFS & CFS)

              it's not RIFS-ES/the cpu scheduler's fault if the i/o or VFS subsystem, device-mapper, etc. etc. screw up and lead to delays but it would at least be nice if the cpu scheduler could manage to keep latencies to a minimum on its own


              any ideas on how to improve it more ?

              otherwise it's awesome


              thanks !

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              • #57
                Originally posted by kernelOfTruth View Post
                @3766691:

                smecenter has a point - overall RIFS-ES is a very smooth and great scheduler

                to make it the best it is paramount that the max latencies also get smaller


                I'm currently still using it with 3.4.2 and it's working great but from time to time there are small noticable lags during heavy i/o (the same with BFS & CFS)

                it's not RIFS-ES/the cpu scheduler's fault if the i/o or VFS subsystem, device-mapper, etc. etc. screw up and lead to delays but it would at least be nice if the cpu scheduler could manage to keep latencies to a minimum on its own


                any ideas on how to improve it more ?

                otherwise it's awesome


                thanks !
                Heavy IO task always sleep with TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE. We can adjust the scheduler by this clue.
                But still RIFS-v2 performs the best on your machine, isn't?
                You may also see DMS SCHEDULER on the download page.

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                • #58
                  Originally posted by 3766691 View Post
                  Heavy IO task always sleep with TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE. We can adjust the scheduler by this clue.
                  But still RIFS-v2 performs the best on your machine, isn't?
                  You may also see DMS SCHEDULER on the download page.
                  ok, I see

                  making it TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE would probably solve the issue with input lag during heavy i/o - especially under the amd64 architecture (intel only ?) - once and for all


                  provided of course that all the i/o (especially writing) is marked TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE



                  yeah, it's the best scheduler so far

                  what does that DMS Scheduler exactly change ? from what I read it prioritizes user input somehow and is swap aware ? is that correct ?


                  will test that one asap


                  great work !

                  thanks

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                  • #59
                    Originally posted by kernelOfTruth View Post
                    ok, I see

                    making it TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE would probably solve the issue with input lag during heavy i/o - especially under the amd64 architecture (intel only ?) - once and for all


                    provided of course that all the i/o (especially writing) is marked TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE



                    yeah, it's the best scheduler so far

                    what does that DMS Scheduler exactly change ? from what I read it prioritizes user input somehow and is swap aware ? is that correct ?


                    will test that one asap


                    great work !

                    thanks
                    DMS is a cpu scheduler.The algo. it used is proportional fair(EDF) with O(1) time complexity

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                    • #60
                      Originally posted by 3766691 View Post
                      DMS is a cpu scheduler.The algo. it used is proportional fair(EDF) with O(1) time complexity
                      oh nice !

                      a fixed priority preemptive scheduling policy


                      I just tried it and the kernel hang during bringing up the CPUs so it must be an issue with the cpu scheduler

                      patched RIFS.ES-v1-low-spec-kernel3.4.x first and then replaced rifs.c with the one from "DMS-3.4.x V1(patch your kernel with RIFS-ES first)"


                      any ideas ?


                      thanks !

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