Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC v1 4/4] libxc for rt scheduler

[George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-07-11 at 16:49 +0200, Dario Faggioli wrote:
>
>> So, the bouncing logic seems fine. Looking at what other schedulers do,
>> there should be no particular need for bouncing anything.
>
> Seems like there is some confusing precedent around the use of sysctl vs
> domctl for sched parameters here.
>
> Most schedulers use domctl but arinc uses sysctl.

They're controlling different things.

domctl is controlling parameters related to *a particular domain* (for
instance, weight or cap); sysctl is relating to setting parameters
*for the scheduler as a whole* (for example, timeslice).

 -George

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