MINOR: task: give the scheduler a bit more flexibility in the runqueue size
Instead of setting a hard-limit on runqueue-depth and keeping it short
to maintain fairness, let's allow the scheduler to automatically cut
the existing one in two equal halves if its size is between the configured
size and its double. This will allow to increase the default value while
keeping a low latency.
diff --git a/src/task.c b/src/task.c
index 8069dda..be3262a 100644
--- a/src/task.c
+++ b/src/task.c
@@ -648,6 +648,13 @@
if (likely(niced_tasks))
max_processed = (max_processed + 3) / 4;
+ if (max_processed < sched->rq_total && sched->rq_total <= 2*max_processed) {
+ /* If the run queue exceeds the budget by up to 50%, let's cut it
+ * into two identical halves to improve latency.
+ */
+ max_processed = sched->rq_total / 2;
+ }
+
not_done_yet:
max[TL_URGENT] = max[TL_NORMAL] = max[TL_BULK] = 0;