Re: [RFC PATCH V3 6/6] sched/fair: Implement starvation monitor

[Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>]

On 6/16/23 14:05, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 03:41:30PM +0200, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> 
>> In an 0-laxity scheduler, the server would run at 0-laxity, jumping in
>> front of DL tasks... that would break EDF. It would be mixing two
>> schedulers in one. It is not required and likely not a good idea either.
> 
> I did consider a hybrid 0-laxity and EDF scheduler for mixed
> criticality, as have others like Ted Baker IIRC. IIRC it can be done
> using an augmented tree, but none of that solves the problems 0-laxity
> has (like over preemption and the general problem of playing chicken by
> doing things at the *VERY* last possible moment).

There are papers here or there about it, but it is far from being the most explored
way to do mixed criticality because of these side effects. It is more common to have
virtual deadlines for high and low criticalities, while using EDF.

Having EDF and being working conserving makes our life easier for other points
we are way behind, i.e., deadline inheritance.

> I think I did a talk at OSPERT on this at some point many years ago.
> Luckily some bright fellow had this semi-partitioned stuff that would
> make live much simpler :-)

It will, we can have two partitions, one for high and one for low. The general
case in the low power CPU, and if it does not make to finish on it, it continues
in the high power one. Still, always using EDF. Having virtual deadline is part
of semi-part. Anyways, EDF schedules more, and it is simpler... it is hard to beat.

This patch set is a warm up for that...

-- Daniel