> "REPORT: sd-0.46 vs cfs-v6 vs mainline 2.6.21-rc7 Beryl + Video + Audio"
>
> Hardware:
> Dell Inspiron 700m laptop
> 1.7GHz Pentium M (Dothan 2M cache)
> 2GB RAM
> 1000Hz
> Gentoo Linux
> dyn-tick
> 700m # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ondemand/sampling_rate
> 10000 (microseconds, 10ms)
> 855gm integrated video/chipset
> xf86-video-i810 (intel 1.7.4) DRI enabled
> xorg-server-1.2.0-r3
> beryl-core 0.3.0-svn
> MPlayer dev-SVN-rUNKNOWN-4.1.2 - x11
> Gnome totem 2.16.5 - x11-gstreamer
> reiser4 w/cryptcompress
>
> Screenshot:
>
http://ordorica.org/misc/beryl.png
>
> muine playing mp3's off mounted windows share
>
> Tests run under 16 bit color which provides a constant 75 fps
> on one cube side (fps forced limited). Drops to ~45-50 fps during
> animation/rotate/scale (depending on complexity of rendering)
> Vsync off. 75Hz refresh 1280x800.
>
> totem running fullscreen playing 700MB divx "An Inconvenient Truth.avi" on
> one side of cube/desktop
> gmplayer running fullscreen on another cube side (same file).
>
> The given observations/numbers are when I move the cube with my mouse
> and view two faces at one time (see screenshot). One face is playing the
> totem video, the other containing my terminals.
>
>
> Some numbers I've seen other people throw around:
> I don't know their relevance.
>
> cfs-v6:
> 700m kernel # cat sched_granularity_ns
> 5000000
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
> r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
> 5 0 0 221480 300 1394612 0 0 181 0 6068 5317 69 6 25 0
> 4 0 0 220880 300 1395268 0 0 176 0 6147 5579 68 6 27 0
> 1 0 0 220340 300 1395768 0 0 167 0 6052 5393 70 6 24 0
> 6 0 0 219920 300 1396204 0 0 103 0 5830 5211 73 6 21 0
>
> top - 18:31:17 up 7:45, 5 users, load average: 5.18, 4.73, 4.28
> Tasks: 98 total, 4 running, 94 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> Cpu(s): 91.6%us, 6.4%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.3%id, 0.0%wa, 1.3%hi, 0.3%si, 0.0%st
> Mem: 2057700k total, 1845952k used, 211748k free, 300k buffers
> Swap: 987988k total, 0k used, 987988k free, 1404040k cached
>
> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
> 18046 hechacke 20 0 189m 83m 20m S 38.7 4.2 12:04.64 totem
> 18059 hechacke 20 0 51280 30m 18m R 25.8 1.5 9:47.36 gmplayer
> 12117 root 20 0 275m 54m 18m R 20.2 2.7 15:18.38 Xorg
> 22730 hechacke 20 0 119m 35m 18m R 5.3 1.7 0:12.68 mono
> 12350 hechacke 20 0 63820 6776 4328 S 3.6 0.3 2:20.36 beryl
> 16465 hechacke 20 0 43960 15m 10m S 2.3 0.8 0:07.14 gnome-terminal
> 12200 hechacke 20 0 5308 4016 1740 S 0.3 0.2 0:05.45 gconfd-2
> 12215 hechacke 20 0 38704 8956 7588 S 0.3 0.4 0:08.90 xfce4-clipman-p
>
> Observation:
> Music plays perfectly.
> Audio of video's play perfectly.
> New processes take forever to start. Firefox (already cached in ram) takes
> about 5 seconds to start; even right after closing it.
> Browsing the web is slow.
> Already open applications are responsive.
> Behavior of video:
> video's both moving forward. totem is updating about every half second.
> mplayer updates about every 3 seconds.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> cfs-v6:
> 700m kernel # cat sched_granularity_ns
> 2000000
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
> r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
> 5 0 0 99604 44 1519364 0 0 0 0 3903 5575 91 5 5 0
> 3 0 0 99512 44 1519364 0 0 0 0 5990 6783 72 5 23 0
> 3 0 0 100412 44 1519364 0 0 0 0 6858 7261 67 5 28 0
> 1 0 0 100412 44 1519364 0 0 0 0 7426 7634 62 4 34 0
> 4 0 0 100288 44 1519364 0 0 0 0 7039 7442 60 6 34 0
>
> top - 19:05:09 up 8:18, 5 users, load average: 3.62, 4.16, 4.28
> Tasks: 98 total, 4 running, 94 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> Cpu(s): 69.8%us, 5.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 24.5%id, 0.0%wa, 0.7%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
> Mem: 2057700k total, 2009396k used, 48304k free, 300k buffers
> Swap: 987988k total, 0k used, 987988k free, 1555428k cached
>
> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
> 18059 hechacke 20 0 51332 30m 18m R 30.8 1.5 18:48.17 gmplayer
> 18046 hechacke 20 0 189m 83m 20m S 20.9 4.2 23:25.49 totem
> 12117 root 20 0 276m 57m 18m S 9.6 2.8 20:59.01 Xorg
> 22730 hechacke 20 0 129m 36m 18m R 8.6 1.8 1:28.59 mono
> 22930 hechacke 20 0 65480 8392 4320 S 4.0 0.4 0:53.38 beryl
> 12213 hechacke 20 0 34472 7680 6484 S 0.7 0.4 1:16.41 xfce4-battery-p
>
> Observation:
> Music plays perfectly.
> Audio of video's play perfectly.
> New processes take forever to start.
> Browsing the web is slow.
> Already open applications are responsive.
> Behavior of video:
> video's both moving forward. totem is updating about every 1/3 second.
> mplayer updates about every 1 seconds.
> Rotating the cube is smoother than with 5000000, beryl seems more responsive.
> After much trial and error i've decided on 2000000 as my optimum granularity
> for beryl and to provide the most screen updates.
> Larger or smaller values only make it worse.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> sd-0.46:
> 700m kernel # cat rr_interval
> 6
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
> r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
> 3 0 0 903128 524 859056 0 0 171 0 2138 13766 90 9 0 0
> 5 0 0 902468 524 859696 0 0 171 0 2800 12937 83 9 8 0
> 1 0 0 901292 524 860616 0 0 301 0 2670 11063 76 7 17 0
> 1 0 0 900692 524 861396 0 0 216 137 3576 10129 66 7 21 6
> 1 0 0 899644 524 862036 0 0 171 0 3011 11523 78 7 15 0
>
> top - 19:56:21 up 7 min, 5 users, load average: 4.56, 2.79, 1.23
> Tasks: 102 total, 4 running, 98 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> Cpu(s): 64.7%us, 5.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 28.7%id, 0.0%wa, 1.0%hi, 0.3%si, 0.0%st
> Mem: 2057716k total, 1161536k used, 896180k free, 524k buffers
> Swap: 987988k total, 0k used, 987988k free, 865512k cached
>
> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
> 10132 hechacke 5 0 51264 30m 18m R 29.1 1.5 0:58.74 gmplayer
> 10106 hechacke 1 0 193m 84m 18m S 17.2 4.2 1:13.03 totem
> 9817 hechacke 1 0 128m 36m 18m S 11.3 1.8 0:50.52 mono
> 9443 root 1 0 272m 47m 13m R 7.9 2.4 0:41.76 Xorg
> 9975 hechacke 1 0 63452 6332 4320 S 3.0 0.3 0:07.98 beryl
> 9823 hechacke 1 0 36136 8764 7240 S 0.3 0.4 0:00.60 xfce4-mixer-plu
> 9825 hechacke 1 0 42764 13m 10m S 0.3 0.7 0:01.64 gnome-terminal
>
> Observation:
> Music plays perfectly.
> Audio of video's play perfectly.
> New processes take forever to start. (about same as cfs)
> Browsing the web faster than cfs (a lot less lag time between clicks and render)
> Already open applications are responsive.
> Behavior of video:
> video's both moving forward. totem is updating about every 1/3 second.
> mplayer updates about every 1/2 second.
> Videos are visibly smoother compared to cfs. cube rotation is smoother
> than cfs in the sense that the fps is constant (albeit slower) than cfs.
> cfs would slow down on the video sides of the cube, while speeding up
> on the empty side.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> sd-0.46:
> 700m kernel # cat rr_interval
> 2
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
> r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
> 5 0 0 918052 536 832840 0 0 411 0 2387 15242 89 11 0 0
> 4 1 0 915600 536 834908 0 0 388 0 2283 15428 90 10 0 0
> 1 0 0 908768 536 841356 0 0 1085 0 2683 15916 84 12 0 4
> 3 0 0 923068 536 826100 0 0 537 0 2100 15797 80 12 6 1
> 3 0 0 924444 536 826484 0 0 85 0 3509 14786 69 7 24 0
>
> top - 20:10:18 up 21 min, 5 users, load average: 3.73, 3.92, 3.00
> Tasks: 101 total, 4 running, 97 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> Cpu(s): 70.1%us, 11.1%sy, 12.8%ni, 0.0%id, 5.0%wa, 1.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
> Mem: 2057716k total, 1126964k used, 930752k free, 536k buffers
> Swap: 987988k total, 0k used, 987988k free, 820380k cached
>
> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
> 10106 hechacke 1 0 192m 85m 20m S 23.6 4.3 5:50.89 totem
> 10132 hechacke 11 0 51264 30m 18m R 23.3 1.5 4:31.65 gmplayer
> 10064 hechacke 32 12 64028 21m 8696 S 17.9 1.1 0:11.08 beagled-helper
> 9443 root 1 0 272m 49m 15m S 13.3 2.5 3:11.59 Xorg
> 9817 hechacke 1 0 128m 36m 18m S 12.6 1.8 2:16.98 mono
> 9975 hechacke 1 0 63452 6396 4316 S 2.3 0.3 0:30.94 beryl
>
> Observation:
> Music plays perfectly.
> Audio of video's play perfectly.
> New processes take forever to start.
> Browsing the web faster than cfs (better than rr_interval 6)
> Already open applications are responsive.
> Behavior of video:
> video's both moving forward. totem is doing ~4fps.
> mplayer is doing 15-25 fps.
> Obviously my choice for the smoothest experience.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> mainline 2.6.21-rc7
>
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
> r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
> 7 0 0 1012944 536 776276 0 0 256 0 3553 6388 68 7 26 0
> 1 0 0 1011956 536 777300 0 0 299 0 3315 5998 72 6 21 0
> 6 0 0 1015684 536 777108 0 0 299 0 3359 5776 82 8 10 0
> 5 0 0 1014132 536 778096 0 0 213 0 3444 6762 70 7 23 0
> 1 0 0 1020072 536 774912 0 0 384 155 3127 7239 68 9 18 5
> 5 0 0 1014224 536 777260 0 0 299 0 3480 8209 65 9 25 0
>
> top - 20:37:37 up 5 min, 4 users, load average: 4.19, 2.54, 1.05
> Tasks: 98 total, 2 running, 96 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> Cpu(s): 89.5%us, 5.4%sy, 0.0%ni, 3.4%id, 0.0%wa, 1.7%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
> Mem: 2057716k total, 1040344k used, 1017372k free, 536k buffers
> Swap: 987988k total, 0k used, 987988k free, 788480k cached
>
> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
> 7912 hechacke 15 0 171m 64m 18m S 42.9 3.2 1:07.15 totem
> 7918 hechacke 15 0 51208 29m 18m S 25.0 1.5 0:55.90 gmplayer
> 5850 root 16 0 268m 45m 13m R 22.0 2.3 0:36.28 Xorg
> 7836 hechacke 15 0 63316 6288 4320 S 3.0 0.3 0:07.18 beryl
> 7945 hechacke 15 0 42184 13m 10m S 1.7 0.7 0:00.89 gnome-terminal
>
> Observation:
> Music plays perfectly.
> Audio of video's play perfectly.
> New processes don't start?!? Firefox took 30-60 seconds to appears after
> cached. Muine took 15 seconds.
> Browsing the web is faster than cfs or sd. Almost no lag.
> Already open applications are responsive.
> Behavior of video:
> video's both moving forward. totem is doing ~2fps.
> mplayer is doing ~3 fps.
> Both videos are playing, and they don't slow down with load. Unfairness
> is in play here.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Overall:
> SD-0.46 is my new choice for scheduler. When not under load everything
> run's better or similarly to cfs or mainline. Under load however it
> shows the most responsiveness.
>
> Occasionally I had complete mouse freezes with cfs when the system was
> busy. But rarely.
>
> Under SD i haven't seen anything get starved.
>
> mainline surprisingly works better than i expected, but beryl suffers
> and responsiveness suffers under load.
