I checked this in - thanks. -- David Clive Messer wrote: > Hi, > > I've attached two patches, one for configure.ac and another for > client/app_start.c, just in case there is any interest in getting them > upstream. > > I've spent much time fiddling with Linux kernel schedulers and priorities. I > found that rather than just setting the priority of a task to 19, in the case > that the machine is not a dedicated cruncher, the desktop responsiveness is > improved by setting the tasks schedule policy to BATCH, which gives it a > slight scheduling disadvantage compared to a task running with a standard > NORMAL/OTHER schedule policy and nice'd to 19. > > Basically, the patch results in CPU tasks running BATCH/19 and GPU tasks > OTHER/10. In the case of a headless dedicated cruncher the PPD is not > affected, > but in the case that the machine is also running general tasks (like a code > build and a desktop), the desktop responsiveness is greatly improved under > heavy load. > > Regards > > Clive > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
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