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Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 18 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c index 460f5f31d5cb..eeb3e32d6c86 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c @@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ static struct timer_list spusched_timer; static struct timer_list spuloadavg_timer; /* - * Priority of a normal, non-rt, non-niced'd process (aka nice level 0). - */ -#define NORMAL_PRIO 120 - -/* * Frequency of the spu scheduler tick. By default we do one SPU scheduler * tick for every 10 CPU scheduler ticks. */ diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index bada636d1065..0b40f3293395 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -926,10 +926,26 @@ config SCHED_SMT depends on SMP ---help--- SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making - when dealing with Intel Pentium 4 chips with HyperThreading at a + when dealing with Intel P4/Core 2 chips with HyperThreading at a cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here. +config SMT_NICE + bool "SMT (Hyperthreading) aware nice priority and policy support" + depends on SCHED_MUQSS && SCHED_SMT + default y + ---help--- + Enabling Hyperthreading on Intel CPUs decreases the effectiveness + of the use of 'nice' levels and different scheduling policies + (e.g. realtime) due to sharing of CPU power between hyperthreads. + SMT nice support makes each logical CPU aware of what is running on + its hyperthread siblings, maintaining appropriate distribution of + CPU according to nice levels and scheduling policies at the expense + of slightly increased overhead. + + If unsure say Y here. + + config SCHED_MC def_bool y prompt "Multi-core scheduler support" |