On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 08:39:07 -0500, Andrei Hurynovich said: > We set sysctl kernel.sched_rt_runtime_us = -1 so realtime threads are > NEVER interrupted.
> According to /proc/sched_debug, it seems that kernel still schedules > some SCHED_OTHER(e.g. non-realtime) kernel tasks to isolated cpus - for > example cpu 18 get tasks events/18 and kblockd/18 that are stuck in > runnable(but not running state), so those kernel processes never got a > single time slice because our realtime process hogs 100% of cpu. This is what happens when you have a priority inversion - when you tell the system to give 100% to a process, you shouldn't be surprised when other tasks don't get any service. > The question is: Is it possible to never schedule kernel tasks on > selected cpus? Only if the userspace process on that CPU never makes system calls - which is very unlikely if the process has actual real-time requirements. Also, if your "real-time" process is taking 100% of the CPU, you have a disaster waiting to happen. You have zero headroom for dealing with unexpected events. Thought experiment: What happens if your real-world part of the system has an unexpected error, that requires 1% of a CPU for error recovery? You are forced to either ignore the error or miss a real-time deadline. You might want to think about dividing up your process into 2 parts - one that handles the *actual* real-time work and only uses (for example) 20-30% of a CPU, and the parts that don't have actual real-time constraints that can then run with the rest of the available CPU, but allow other threads (such as kernel) to execute as well.
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