How are cpu.cfs_ period_us defined in cgroups and kernel.sched_cfs_bandwidth_slice_us related?












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I've been trying to understand how the Completely Fair Scheduler in the Linux kernel does CPU bandwidth control.



After many readings, I still cannot wrap my head around how the CFS allows for each cgroup to define its own CFS period and how that ties in to the kernel.sched_cfs_bandwidth_slice_us sysctl setting.



Example A:
On a single CPU machine and there are two cgroups with different CFS periods defined. The quotas of each cgroup represent 50% of CPU time, totalling 100%.



cgroup-A: cpu.cfs_period_us=100ms
cpu.cfs_quota_us=50ms
cgroup-B: cpu.cfs_period_us=1000ms
cpu.cfs_quota_us=500ms


If each cgroup has a single process running, how are these processes scheduled given the CFS period (assuming both processes constantly require CPU time)?



Example B: What happens when cgroup-B have a higher quota than what's actually physically possible to fulfill, ie. cgroup-B set a 90% of the CPU time, and cgroup-A continues to set a quota to be 50% of the CPU time.



cgroup-A: cpu.cfs_period_us=100ms
cpu.cfs_quota_us=50ms
cgroup-B: cpu.cfs_period_us=1000ms
cpu.cfs_quota_us=900ms


How would CFS schedule the processes in this case when the quota is oversubscribed?



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    I've been trying to understand how the Completely Fair Scheduler in the Linux kernel does CPU bandwidth control.



    After many readings, I still cannot wrap my head around how the CFS allows for each cgroup to define its own CFS period and how that ties in to the kernel.sched_cfs_bandwidth_slice_us sysctl setting.



    Example A:
    On a single CPU machine and there are two cgroups with different CFS periods defined. The quotas of each cgroup represent 50% of CPU time, totalling 100%.



    cgroup-A: cpu.cfs_period_us=100ms
    cpu.cfs_quota_us=50ms
    cgroup-B: cpu.cfs_period_us=1000ms
    cpu.cfs_quota_us=500ms


    If each cgroup has a single process running, how are these processes scheduled given the CFS period (assuming both processes constantly require CPU time)?



    Example B: What happens when cgroup-B have a higher quota than what's actually physically possible to fulfill, ie. cgroup-B set a 90% of the CPU time, and cgroup-A continues to set a quota to be 50% of the CPU time.



    cgroup-A: cpu.cfs_period_us=100ms
    cpu.cfs_quota_us=50ms
    cgroup-B: cpu.cfs_period_us=1000ms
    cpu.cfs_quota_us=900ms


    How would CFS schedule the processes in this case when the quota is oversubscribed?



    Thanks!









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      I've been trying to understand how the Completely Fair Scheduler in the Linux kernel does CPU bandwidth control.



      After many readings, I still cannot wrap my head around how the CFS allows for each cgroup to define its own CFS period and how that ties in to the kernel.sched_cfs_bandwidth_slice_us sysctl setting.



      Example A:
      On a single CPU machine and there are two cgroups with different CFS periods defined. The quotas of each cgroup represent 50% of CPU time, totalling 100%.



      cgroup-A: cpu.cfs_period_us=100ms
      cpu.cfs_quota_us=50ms
      cgroup-B: cpu.cfs_period_us=1000ms
      cpu.cfs_quota_us=500ms


      If each cgroup has a single process running, how are these processes scheduled given the CFS period (assuming both processes constantly require CPU time)?



      Example B: What happens when cgroup-B have a higher quota than what's actually physically possible to fulfill, ie. cgroup-B set a 90% of the CPU time, and cgroup-A continues to set a quota to be 50% of the CPU time.



      cgroup-A: cpu.cfs_period_us=100ms
      cpu.cfs_quota_us=50ms
      cgroup-B: cpu.cfs_period_us=1000ms
      cpu.cfs_quota_us=900ms


      How would CFS schedule the processes in this case when the quota is oversubscribed?



      Thanks!









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      I've been trying to understand how the Completely Fair Scheduler in the Linux kernel does CPU bandwidth control.



      After many readings, I still cannot wrap my head around how the CFS allows for each cgroup to define its own CFS period and how that ties in to the kernel.sched_cfs_bandwidth_slice_us sysctl setting.



      Example A:
      On a single CPU machine and there are two cgroups with different CFS periods defined. The quotas of each cgroup represent 50% of CPU time, totalling 100%.



      cgroup-A: cpu.cfs_period_us=100ms
      cpu.cfs_quota_us=50ms
      cgroup-B: cpu.cfs_period_us=1000ms
      cpu.cfs_quota_us=500ms


      If each cgroup has a single process running, how are these processes scheduled given the CFS period (assuming both processes constantly require CPU time)?



      Example B: What happens when cgroup-B have a higher quota than what's actually physically possible to fulfill, ie. cgroup-B set a 90% of the CPU time, and cgroup-A continues to set a quota to be 50% of the CPU time.



      cgroup-A: cpu.cfs_period_us=100ms
      cpu.cfs_quota_us=50ms
      cgroup-B: cpu.cfs_period_us=1000ms
      cpu.cfs_quota_us=900ms


      How would CFS schedule the processes in this case when the quota is oversubscribed?



      Thanks!







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