Hi Alessando, can you please forward this on boinc-dev mail list? thanks
Gianfranco ------------------------------ Il mer 4 feb 2015 00:44 CET, Alessandro Barbieri ha scritto: >Package: boinc-client >Version: 7.4.23+dfsg-1 >Severity: wishlist >Tags: upstream > >Dear Maintainer, > >when a WU is waiting for memory can the manager run a lower priority WU (that >uses less memory) >instead of waiting and not using all cores? > >-- Package-specific info: >-- Contents of /etc/default/boinc-client: ># This file is /etc/default/boinc-client, it is a configuration file for the ># /etc/init.d/boinc-client init script. > ># Set this to 1 to enable and to 0 to disable the init script. >ENABLED="1" > ># Set this to 1 to enable advanced scheduling of the BOINC core client and ># all its sub-processes (reduces the impact of BOINC on the system's ># performance). >SCHEDULE="1" > ># The BOINC core client will be started with the permissions of this user. >BOINC_USER="boinc" > ># This is the data directory of the BOINC core client. >BOINC_DIR="/var/lib/boinc-client" > ># This is the location of the BOINC core client, that the init script uses. ># If you do not want to use the client program provided by the boinc-client ># package, you can specify here an alternative client program. >#BOINC_CLIENT="/usr/local/bin/boinc" >BOINC_CLIENT="/usr/bin/boinc" > ># Here you can specify additional options to pass to the BOINC core client. ># Type 'boinc --help' or 'man boinc' for a full summary of allowed options. >#BOINC_OPTS="--allow_remote_gui_rpc" >BOINC_OPTS=" > ># Scheduling options > ># Set SCHEDULE="0" if prefering to run with upstream default priority ># settings. > ># Nice levels. When systems are truly busy, e.g. because of too many active ># scientific applications started by the boinc client, there is a chance for ># the boinc client not to be granted sufficient opportunity to check for ># scientific applications to be alive and make the (wrong) decision to ># terminate the scientific app. This is particularly an issue with many ># apps started in parallel on modern multi-core systems and extra overheads ># for the download and uploads of files with the project servers. Another ># concern is the latency for scientific applications to communicate with the ># graphics card, which should be low. All such values should be set and ># controled from within the BOINC client. The Debian init script also sets ># extra constrains via chrt on real time performance and via ionice on ># I/O performance, which is beyond the regular BOINC client. It then was ># too easy to use that code to also constrain minimal nice levels. We still ># think about how to best distinguish GPU applications from regular apps. >BOINC_NICE_CLIENT=10 >BOINC_NICE_APP_DEFAULT=19 >#BOINC_NICE_APP_GPU=5 # not yet used > ># ionice classes. See manpage of ionice (1) in the util-linux package. >BOINC_IONICE_CLIENT=3 # idle >#BOINC_IONICE_APP_DEFAULT=3 # idle, not yet used >#BOINC_IONICE_APP_GPU=2 # best effort, not yet used > > >-- System Information: >Debian Release: 8.0 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, > 'testing-proposed-updates'), (1, 'experimental') >Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) >Foreign Architectures: i386 > >Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) >Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) >Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash >Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > >Versions of packages boinc-client depends on: >ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 >ii ca-certificates 20141019 >ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.55 >ii libboinc7 7.4.23+dfsg-1 >ii libc6 2.19-13 >ii libcurl3 7.38.0-4 >ii libgcc1 1:4.9.1-19 >ii libstdc++6 4.9.1-19 >ii python 2.7.8-2 >ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 > >boinc-client recommends no packages. > >Versions of packages boinc-client suggests: >pn boinc-amd-opencl <none> >ii boinc-manager 7.4.23+dfsg-2exp1 >ii boinc-nvidia-cuda 7.4.23+dfsg-2exp1 >ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+3+b1 > >-- Configuration Files: >/etc/boinc-client/cc_config.xml changed: ><cc_config> > <log_flags> > <file_xfer>1</file_xfer> > <sched_ops>1</sched_ops> > <task>1</task> > <android_debug>0</android_debug> > <app_msg_receive>0</app_msg_receive> > <app_msg_send>0</app_msg_send> > <async_file_debug>0</async_file_debug> > <benchmark_debug>0</benchmark_debug> > <checkpoint_debug>0</checkpoint_debug> > <coproc_debug>0</coproc_debug> > <cpu_sched>0</cpu_sched> > <cpu_sched_debug>0</cpu_sched_debug> > <cpu_sched_status>0</cpu_sched_status> > <dcf_debug>0</dcf_debug> > <disk_usage_debug>0</disk_usage_debug> > <file_xfer_debug>0</file_xfer_debug> > <gui_rpc_debug>0</gui_rpc_debug> > <heartbeat_debug>0</heartbeat_debug> > <http_debug>0</http_debug> > <http_xfer_debug>0</http_xfer_debug> > <mem_usage_debug>0</mem_usage_debug> > <network_status_debug>0</network_status_debug> > <notice_debug>0</notice_debug> > <poll_debug>0</poll_debug> > <priority_debug>0</priority_debug> > <proxy_debug>0</proxy_debug> > <rr_simulation>0</rr_simulation> > <rrsim_detail>0</rrsim_detail> > <sched_op_debug>0</sched_op_debug> > <scrsave_debug>0</scrsave_debug> > <slot_debug>0</slot_debug> > <state_debug>0</state_debug> > <statefile_debug>0</statefile_debug> > <suspend_debug>0</suspend_debug> > <task_debug>0</task_debug> > <time_debug>0</time_debug> > <trickle_debug>0</trickle_debug> > <unparsed_xml>0</unparsed_xml> > <work_fetch_debug>0</work_fetch_debug> > </log_flags> > <options> > <abort_jobs_on_exit>0</abort_jobs_on_exit> > <allow_multiple_clients>0</allow_multiple_clients> > <allow_remote_gui_rpc>0</allow_remote_gui_rpc> > > <client_version_check_url>http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php?xml=1</client_version_check_url> > <client_new_version_text></client_new_version_text> > > <client_download_url>http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php</client_download_url> > <disallow_attach>0</disallow_attach> > <dont_check_file_sizes>0</dont_check_file_sizes> > <dont_contact_ref_site>0</dont_contact_ref_site> > <exclusive_app>iceweasel</exclusive_app> > <exclusive_app>josm</exclusive_app> > <exclusive_app>LolClient.exe</exclusive_app> > <exclusive_app>mplayer2</exclusive_app> > <exclusive_app>SC2.exe</exclusive_app> > <exclusive_app>StarCraft II.exe</exclusive_app> > <exclusive_app>virtualbox</exclusive_app> > <exit_after_finish>0</exit_after_finish> > <exit_before_start>0</exit_before_start> > <exit_when_idle>0</exit_when_idle> > <fetch_minimal_work>0</fetch_minimal_work> > <fetch_on_update>0</fetch_on_update> > <force_auth>default</force_auth> > <http_1_0>0</http_1_0> > <http_transfer_timeout>300</http_transfer_timeout> > <http_transfer_timeout_bps>10</http_transfer_timeout_bps> > <max_event_log_lines>2000</max_event_log_lines> > <max_file_xfers>8</max_file_xfers> > <max_file_xfers_per_project>2</max_file_xfers_per_project> > <max_stderr_file_size>0</max_stderr_file_size> > <max_stdout_file_size>0</max_stdout_file_size> > <max_tasks_reported>0</max_tasks_reported> > <ncpus>-1</ncpus> > <network_test_url>http://www.google.com/</network_test_url> > <no_alt_platform>0</no_alt_platform> > <no_gpus>0</no_gpus> > <no_info_fetch>0</no_info_fetch> > <no_priority_change>0</no_priority_change> > <os_random_only>0</os_random_only> ><proxy_info> > <socks_server_name></socks_server_name> > <socks_server_port>80</socks_server_port> > <http_server_name></http_server_name> > <http_server_port>80</http_server_port> > <socks5_user_name></socks5_user_name> > <socks5_user_passwd></socks5_user_passwd> > <http_user_name></http_user_name> > <http_user_passwd></http_user_passwd> > <no_proxy></no_proxy> ></proxy_info> > <rec_half_life_days>10.000000</rec_half_life_days> > <report_results_immediately>0</report_results_immediately> > <run_apps_manually>0</run_apps_manually> > <save_stats_days>30</save_stats_days> > <skip_cpu_benchmarks>0</skip_cpu_benchmarks> > <simple_gui_only>0</simple_gui_only> > <start_delay>0.000000</start_delay> > <stderr_head>0</stderr_head> > <suppress_net_info>0</suppress_net_info> > <unsigned_apps_ok>0</unsigned_apps_ok> > <use_all_gpus>0</use_all_gpus> > <use_certs>0</use_certs> > <use_certs_only>0</use_certs_only> > <vbox_window>0</vbox_window> > </options> ></cc_config> > >/etc/boinc-client/global_prefs_override.xml changed: ><global_preferences> > <run_on_batteries>0</run_on_batteries> > <run_if_user_active>1</run_if_user_active> > <run_gpu_if_user_active>0</run_gpu_if_user_active> > <idle_time_to_run>3.000000</idle_time_to_run> > <suspend_cpu_usage>20.000000</suspend_cpu_usage> > <start_hour>0.000000</start_hour> > <end_hour>0.000000</end_hour> > <net_start_hour>0.000000</net_start_hour> > <net_end_hour>0.000000</net_end_hour> > <leave_apps_in_memory>0</leave_apps_in_memory> > <confirm_before_connecting>0</confirm_before_connecting> > <hangup_if_dialed>0</hangup_if_dialed> > <dont_verify_images>0</dont_verify_images> > <work_buf_min_days>0.010000</work_buf_min_days> > <work_buf_additional_days>0.500000</work_buf_additional_days> > <max_ncpus_pct>100.000000</max_ncpus_pct> > <cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>120.000000</cpu_scheduling_period_minutes> > <disk_interval>1.000000</disk_interval> > <disk_max_used_gb>0.000000</disk_max_used_gb> > <disk_max_used_pct>50.000000</disk_max_used_pct> > <disk_min_free_gb>0.500000</disk_min_free_gb> > <vm_max_used_pct>90.000000</vm_max_used_pct> > <ram_max_used_busy_pct>50.000000</ram_max_used_busy_pct> > <ram_max_used_idle_pct>75.000000</ram_max_used_idle_pct> > <max_bytes_sec_up>10240.000000</max_bytes_sec_up> > <max_bytes_sec_down>20480.000000</max_bytes_sec_down> > <cpu_usage_limit>100.000000</cpu_usage_limit> > <daily_xfer_limit_mb>0.000000</daily_xfer_limit_mb> > <daily_xfer_period_days>0</daily_xfer_period_days> ></global_preferences> > >/etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg [Errno 13] Permesso negato: >u'/etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg' > >-- debconf information: > boinc-client/remove_boinc_dir: true > >-- >pkg-boinc-devel mailing list >pkg-boinc-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org >http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-boinc-devel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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