Re: mq_timedrecieve timeout accuracy

["M. Koehrer" <mathias_koehrer@arcor.de>]

> We are dealing with an application that is a fairly heavy user of
> POSIX message queues. While running this application I seemed to have
> stumbled upon the fact that the timeout in the mq_timedrecieve is
> innaccurate to the tune of a more than 5-6 miliseconds and that it is
> fairly consistent even at its highest priority.
> 
> Cyclictest on the same machine gives me a max deviation of about 7uS,
> so I guess my timers (hrt) are functioning alright.
> 
> Here is a small program I hacked up from the LTP sources to
> demonstrate this behaviour (attached). I ran this on a dual core
> 2.5Ghz cpu and a uniprocessor 1.5Ghz cpu (cpuinfo below). On the
> dual-core I can see that its off by 1-2 miliseconds but on the 1.5 Ghz
> celeron its off by 6-8 miliseconds sometimes.
> 
> kernel version: 2.6.33.1-rt10
> 
> Usage: ./send_rev_2 <timeout_in_miliseconds>
> 
> $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 13
> model name      : Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz
> stepping        : 8
> cpu MHz         : 1500.111
> cache size      : 1024 KB
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 2
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov
> clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx up bts
> 
> Also attaached is my .config.
> 
> thanks in advance
> regards
> /prady
Does it help to run the posix threads with realtime priority by calling
pthread_setschedparam() with SCHED_FIFO and a suitable priority?
As fas as I understand your code, the threads run with standard (non realtime
priority).


Mathias



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