linux-4.18-ck1, MuQSS version 0.173 for linux-4.18

Announcing a new -ck release, 4.18-ck1  with the latest version of the Multiple Queue Skiplist Scheduler, version 0.173. These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity with specific emphasis on the desktop, but configurable for any workload.

linux-4.18-ck1:

-ck1 patches:

4.18-ck1

Git tree:

4.18-ck

MuQSS only:

Download:

4.18-muqss-0173.patch

Git tree:

4.18-muqss

Web: http://kernel.kolivas.org


This is just a resync from 4.17 MuQSS and -ck patches.


Enjoy!

お楽しみ下さい

-ck

EDIT: It turns out it won't build with full dynticks enabled. I've committed a small change to the respective git trees for anyone who wants to configure it that way (I'd usually recommend against it.)

linux-4.17-ck1, MuQSS version 0.172 for linux-4.17

Announcing a new -ck release, 4.17-ck1  with the latest version of the Multiple Queue Skiplist Scheduler, version 0.172. These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity with specific emphasis on the desktop, but configurable for any workload.

linux-4.17-ck1:

-ck1 patches:

4.17-ck1

Git tree:

4.17-ck

MuQSS only:

Download:

0001-MultiQueue-Skiplist-Scheduler-version-0.172.patch

Git tree:

4.17-muqss

Web: http://kernel.kolivas.org


This is just a resync with 4.16 MuQSS and -ck patches.


Enjoy!

お楽しみ下さい

-ck

linux-4.16-ck1, MuQSS version 0.171 for linux-4.16

Announcing a new -ck release, 4.16-ck1  with the latest version of the Multiple Queue Skiplist Scheduler, version 0.171. These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity with specific emphasis on the desktop, but configurable for any workload.

linux-4.16-ck1:

-ck1 patches:

4.16-ck1

Git tree:

4.16-ck

MuQSS only:

Download:

0001-MultiQueue-Skiplist-Scheduler-version-0.171.patch

Git tree:

4.16-muqss

Web: http://kernel.kolivas.org


This is mostly just a resync with 4.15 MuQSS and -ck patches. The only significant difference is that the default config for threaded IRQs is now set to disabled as this seems to be associated with boot failures when used in concert with runqueue sharing. I still include the patch in -ck that stops build warnings from making the kernel build fail, and I've added a single patch to aid building an evil out-of-kernel driver that many of us use.


Enjoy!

お楽しみ下さい

-ck

linux-4.15-ck1, MuQSS version 0.170 for linux-4.15

Announcing a new -ck release, 4.15-ck1  with the latest version of the Multiple Queue Skiplist Scheduler, version 0.170. These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity with specific emphasis on the desktop, but configurable for any workload.

linux-4.15-ck1:

-ck1 patches:

4.15-ck1

Git tree:

4.15-ck

MuQSS only:

Download:

0001-MultiQueue-Skiplist-Scheduler-version-0.170.patch

Git tree:

4.15-muqss

Web: http://kernel.kolivas.org


The major change in this release is the addition of a much more mature version of the experimental runqueue sharing code I posted on this blog earlier. After further experimenting and with lots of feedback from users, I decided to make multicore based sharing default instead of multithread. The numbers support better throughput and it should definitely provide more consistent low latency compared to previous versions of MuQSS. For those that found that interactivity on MuQSS never quite matched that of BFS before it, you should find this version now equals it.

In addition, the runqueue sharing code in this release also allows you to share runqueues for SMP as well so you can share runqueues with all physical CPUs if latency is your primary concern, even though it will likely lead to worse throughput. I have not made it possible to share between NUMA nodes because the cost of shifting tasks across nodes is usually substantial and it may even have worse latency, and will definitely have worse throughput.

I've also made the runqueue sharing possible to be configured at boot time with the boot parameter rqshare. Setting it to one of none, smt, mc, smp is done by appending the following to your kernel command line:
 rqshare=mc

Documentation has been added for the runqueue sharing code above to the MuQSS patch.

A number of minor bugs were discovered and have been fixed, which has also made booting more robust.

The -ck tree is mostly just a resync of previous patches, but with the addition of a patch to disable a -Werror CFLAG setting in the build tools which has suddenly made it impossible to build the kernel with newer GCCs on some distros.


Enjoy!

お楽しみ下さい

-ck