[ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.1.3 for 2.6.13 and 2.6.14-rc4

[Peter Williams <pwil3058@bigpond.net.au>]

This version contains a new scheduler, spa_svr, which is a minor 
extension of spa_no_frills intended for use on servers.  It makes no 
attempt to improve interactive responsiveness but includes a simplified 
version of the throughput bonus mechanism found in Zaphod.  This 
mechanism attempts to minimize the time tasks spend on run queues 
waiting for CPU access when the system is moderately loaded by giving 
tasks temporary priority bonuses based on the relationship between the 
recent average time spent on run queues and on a cpu per cycle. 
(Although it's effectiveness tends to disappear when the system is fully 
loaded, it is still useful as considerable delay can be seen on systems 
with quite low average loads due to lack of serendipity.)

A patch for 2.6.14-rc4 is available at:

<http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.1.3-for-2.6.14-rc4.patch?download>

and a patch to upgrade the 6.1.2 version for 2.6.13 to 6.1.3 is
available at:

<http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.1.2-to-6.1.3-for-2.6.13.patch?download>

Very Brief Documentation:

You can select a default scheduler at kernel build time.  If you wish to
boot with a scheduler other than the default it can be selected at boot
time by adding:

cpusched=<scheduler>

to the boot command line where <scheduler> is one of: ingosched,
nicksched, staircase, spa_no_frills, spa_ws, spa_svr or zaphod.  If you 
don't change the default when you build the kernel the default scheduler 
will be ingosched (which is the normal scheduler).

The scheduler in force on a running system can be determined by the
contents of:

/proc/scheduler

Control parameters for the scheduler can be read/set via files in:

/sys/cpusched/<scheduler>/

Peter
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Peter Williams                                   pwil3058@bigpond.net.au

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
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