[Cbe-oss-dev] [PATCH 05/21] spusched: Fix timeslice calculations
    Jeremy Kerr 
    jk at ozlabs.org
       
    Fri Jun 29 10:57:53 EST 2007
    
    
  
The current timeslice code mixes 'jiffies' up with 'spesched ticks'. This
change correctly defines the number of time slices each SPE contexts is
given, and clarifies the comment.
This brings the default timeslice for SPE contexts into a reasonable
range.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk at ozlabs.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
index 1b2916b..6843a01 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ static struct timer_list spusched_timer;
 /*
  * These are the 'tuning knobs' of the scheduler:
  *
- * Minimum timeslice is 5 msecs (or 10 jiffies, whichever is larger),
- * default timeslice is 100 msecs, maximum timeslice is 800 msecs.
+ * Minimum timeslice is 5 msecs (or 1 spu scheduler tick, whichever is
+ * larger), default timeslice is 100 msecs, maximum timeslice is 800 msecs.
  */
-#define MIN_SPU_TIMESLICE	max(5 * HZ / 100, 10)
-#define DEF_SPU_TIMESLICE	(100 * HZ / 100)
+#define MIN_SPU_TIMESLICE	max(5 * HZ / (1000 * SPUSCHED_TICK), 1)
+#define DEF_SPU_TIMESLICE	(100 * HZ / (1000 * SPUSCHED_TICK))
 
 #define MAX_USER_PRIO		(MAX_PRIO - MAX_RT_PRIO)
 #define SCALE_PRIO(x, prio) \
-- 
1.5.0.rc4.g85b1
    
    
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