Re: [Xen-devel] sedf testing: volunteers please

[Xuehai Zhang <hai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephan,

I enabled the sedf scheduler by applying the patch to Xen testing tree not
the unstable tree.

Then I did the following test. I started two user domains (named "vm1" and
"vm2" respectively). I made the following sedf configurations:

xm sedf vm1 0 0 0 0 2
xm sedf vm2 0 0 0 0 8

My intention is to have vm1 reserve 20% of the available cpu and vm2
reserve the rest of 80% (please correct me if my understanding about
sedf here is wrong).

Then I start "slurp" job in both domains and it will print out the cpu
share continuously. To my surprise, vm1 takes around 4% of cpu and vm2
occpuies around 17% cpu. I was expecting they share the cpu something like
20% and 80% though the ratio of 4% and 17% is similar as that of 20% and
80%. BTW, dom0 didn't run any extra job when I ran the test.

Could you please let me know why only 21% (4%+17%) cpu is given to both
vm1 and vm2 not 100%-% taken by dom0?

Thanks.

Xuehai

On Wed, 18 May 2005, Stephan Diestelhorst wrote:

> The new sedf scheduler has been in the xen-unstable reopository for a
> couple of days now. As it may become the default scheduler soon, any
> testing now is much appreciated!
>
> Quick summary can be found in docs/misc/sedf_scheduler_mini-HOWTO.txt
>
> Future directions:
> -effective scheduling of SMP-guests
>   -clever SMP locking in domains (on the way)
>   -timeslice donating (under construction)
>   -identifying gangs and schedule them together
>   -balancing of domains/ VCPUs
>
> Any comments/wishes/ideas/... on that are welcome!
>
> Best,
>   Stephan Diestelhorst
>
>
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