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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-07 13:11:40 +0000
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@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ which can be used to tune the scheduler from "desktop" (i.e., low latencies) to
"server" (i.e., good batching) workloads. It defaults to a setting suitable
for desktop workloads. SCHED_BATCH is handled by the CFS scheduler module too.
+In case CONFIG_HZ results in base_slice_ns < TICK_NSEC, the value of
+base_slice_ns will have little to no impact on the workloads.
+
Due to its design, the CFS scheduler is not prone to any of the "attacks" that
exist today against the heuristics of the stock scheduler: fiftyp.c, thud.c,
chew.c, ring-test.c, massive_intr.c all work fine and do not impact