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Date:      Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:38:04 +0100
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
To:        mike tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ULE realtime scheduler advice needed
Message-ID:  <1a404155-4ca9-4e88-4c40-5407c2ae52a9@selasky.org>
In-Reply-To: <8d8c4b03-323a-8e4d-44fd-e47749d2fd85@sentex.net>
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On 11/22/22 20:28, mike tancsa wrote:
> On 11/17/2022 11:47 PM, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm doing some work with audio and have noticed some problems with the 
>> ULE scheduler. I have a program that generate audio based on 
>> key-presses. When no keys are pressed, the load is near 0%, but as 
>> soon as you start pressing keys, the load goes maybe to 80% of a CPU 
>> core. This program I run with rtprio 8 xxx. The issue I observe or 
>> hear actually, is that it takes too long until the scheduler grasps 
>> that this program needs it's own CPU core and stops time-sharing the 
>> program. When I however use cpuset -l xxx rtprio 8 yyy everything is 
>> good, and the program outputs realtime audio in-time.
>>
>> Or is this perhaps a CPU frequency stepping issue?
>>
>> Any advice on where to look?
>>
> A long shot, but I am curious if by chance you have hwpstate_intel for 
> your cpu frequency driver. If so, does setting 
> dev.hwpstate_intel.0.epp=0 make any difference ?
> 

Yes, I have four of those, set to 50 by default. Let me try.

--HPS




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