From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757438AbXIRFAz (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:00:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753437AbXIRFAs (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:00:48 -0400 Received: from 1wt.eu ([62.212.114.60]:2544 "EHLO 1wt.eu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753085AbXIRFAr (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:00:47 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:00:43 +0200 From: Willy Tarreau To: Chris Rigg Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CFS patch (v6) -- dynamic RT priorities? Message-ID: <20070918050043.GE10199@1wt.eu> References: <46EEE498.1080500@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46EEE498.1080500@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 02:33:28PM -0600, Chris Rigg wrote: > Hello, > > I have a system with 2.6.20.7 patched with the v6 CFS patch. I am having > issues (I believe) with fairness in regards to my real-time tasks. > First, let me describe my setup: Chris, CFSv6 is *very* old. It was not that bad, but looking back, it has improved a lot since. You should upgrade to v20.x first, and it's likely that most of your problems will vanish. Regards, willy