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[Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] Credit1: Tweak reset condition

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Subject: [Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] Credit1: Tweak reset condition
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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:55:45 -0700
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# HG changeset patch
# User Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1281368253 -3600
# Node ID 2129cabe5f3322324587e4d640e27179960717d9
# Parent  fc29e13f669df8a78e9bcd35de56ca07e1c6a637
Credit1: Tweak reset condition

VMs that don't use their full timeslice are guaranteed to flip back
and forth between "active" and "inactive".  If we set credit to 0
when setting "inactive", then when the VM comes back to "active"
again, it will effectively be behind most other vcpus in credit.
This causes the credit1 to effectively discriminate *against*
VMs which use less than their full timeslice.

Instead of setting credit to 0, divide it in half.  This gets rid of
some of the system credit while allowing non-cpu-bound VMs to keep
some priority advantage.

Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/common/sched_credit.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -r fc29e13f669d -r 2129cabe5f33 xen/common/sched_credit.c
--- a/xen/common/sched_credit.c Mon Aug 09 16:36:07 2010 +0100
+++ b/xen/common/sched_credit.c Mon Aug 09 16:37:33 2010 +0100
@@ -1100,7 +1100,9 @@ csched_acct(void* dummy)
                 if ( credit > CSCHED_CREDITS_PER_TSLICE )
                 {
                     __csched_vcpu_acct_stop_locked(prv, svc);
-                    credit = 0;
+                    /* Divide credits in half, so that when it starts
+                     * accounting again, it starts a little bit "ahead" */
+                    credit /= 2;
                     atomic_set(&svc->credit, credit);
                 }
             }

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