[LAU] [patch] Re: autogroup: sched_setscheduler() fails

[torbenh]

sorry... i cced the old ML addresses :S
fixing the CC now.


On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 07:29:54PM +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 18:53 +0100, torbenh wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 03:47:53PM +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 13:24 +0100, torbenh wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 01:50:12PM +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> >  
> > > > > Sounds like you just want to turn CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED off.
> > > > 
> > > > but distros turn it on.
> > > > we could prevent debian from turning it on. 
> > > > now opensuse 11.4 has turned it on.
> > > 
> > > If you or anyone else turns on RT_GROUP_SCHED, you will count your
> > > beans, and pay up front, or you will not play.  That's a very sensible
> > > policy for realtime.
> > 
> > this probably means that generic computer distros should not turn this
> > option on ?
> 
> Yeah, agreed, not for a great default config, but only because
> newfangled automation thingies can't (possibly?) deal with it sanely.

but this is excactly the reason, why i would advocate rt_runtime to be
in a separate cgroups system.
any admin who wants to limit RT runtime could still do it.
people who dont care, and just want their cfs slices configured, can
still do it.

>  
> > > If systemd deals with it at all, seems to me it can only make a mess of
> > > it.  But who knows, maybe they made a clever allocator.  If they didn't,
> > > they'll need an escape hatch methinks.
> > 
> > the problem is that audio applications can not really pre allocate their
> > cpu needs. user can add processing plugins until he pushes his machine
> > to the limit. (or the cgroup where his process is running in)
> > 
> > we dont really have a mechanism for plugins to publish their needed
> > cycles.
> 
> I can't see how it could matter what any individual group of arbitrary
> groups N (who can appear/disappear in the blink of an eye) advertises as
> it's wish of the instant.  "Hard" + "Arbitrary" doesn't compute for me.

i dont really understnad this statement.

> 
> 	-Mike
> 
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torben Hohn