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[Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] [SEDF] Fix SEDF defaults to make domain0 take only a fair



# HG changeset patch
# User kaf24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# Node ID ef8cdd1dc8360e310423a599ff1da76fb111bc96
# Parent  b025491f0ba8ccb9e383379d914fb5ed5ca3ab69
[SEDF] Fix SEDF defaults to make domain0 take only a fair
equally-weighted share of extratime. Also, hack the short-
blocking logic as otherwise domain0 steals all CPU time 
for several seconds after waking from a long sleep.
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/common/sched_sedf.c |   26 +++++++++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff -r b025491f0ba8 -r ef8cdd1dc836 xen/common/sched_sedf.c
--- a/xen/common/sched_sedf.c   Sat Jun 17 09:19:16 2006 +0100
+++ b/xen/common/sched_sedf.c   Sat Jun 17 11:29:35 2006 +0100
@@ -360,24 +360,23 @@ static int sedf_init_vcpu(struct vcpu *v
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(EXTRAQ(v->processor,EXTRA_UTIL_Q));
     }
        
+    /* Every VCPU gets an equal share of extratime by default. */
+    inf->deadl_abs   = 0;
+    inf->latency     = 0;
+    inf->status      = EXTRA_AWARE | SEDF_ASLEEP;
+    inf->extraweight = 1;
+
     if ( v->domain->domain_id == 0 )
     {
-        /*set dom0 to something useful to boot the machine*/
+        /* Domain0 gets 75% guaranteed (15ms every 20ms). */
         inf->period    = MILLISECS(20);
         inf->slice     = MILLISECS(15);
-        inf->latency   = 0;
-        inf->deadl_abs = 0;
-        inf->status     = EXTRA_AWARE | SEDF_ASLEEP;
     }
     else
     {
-        /*other domains run in best effort mode*/
+        /* Best-effort extratime only. */
         inf->period    = WEIGHT_PERIOD;
         inf->slice     = 0;
-        inf->deadl_abs = 0;
-        inf->latency   = 0;
-        inf->status     = EXTRA_AWARE | SEDF_ASLEEP;
-        inf->extraweight = 1;
     }
 
     inf->period_orig = inf->period; inf->slice_orig = inf->slice;
@@ -609,7 +608,16 @@ static void desched_extra_dom(s_time_t n
         PRINT(3,"Domain %i.%i: Short_block_loss: %"PRIi64"\n", 
               inf->vcpu->domain->domain_id, inf->vcpu->vcpu_id,
               inf->short_block_lost_tot);
+#if 0
+        /*
+         * KAF: If we don't exit short-blocking state at this point
+         * domain0 can steal all CPU for up to 10 seconds before
+         * scheduling settles down (when competing against another
+         * CPU-bound domain). Doing this seems to make things behave
+         * nicely. Noone gets starved by default.
+         */
         if ( inf->short_block_lost_tot <= 0 )
+#endif
         {
             PRINT(4,"Domain %i.%i compensated short block loss!\n",
                   inf->vcpu->domain->domain_id, inf->vcpu->vcpu_id);

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