Bug#461630: Adjust cpu_share for boinc user (for 2.6.24 cfs scheduler)

[Dhaval Giani]

On 2/18/08, James Westby <jw+debian at jameswestby.net> wrote:
> tags 461630 patch
>  thanks
>
>  Hi,
>
>  I am attaching the patch used in Ubuntu to work around this issue
>  for your consideration, and so I am also setting the patch tag
>  again.
>
>  The author of the patch, Daniel Hahler, acknowledges that it is a
>  workaround, but I believe it is a working solution to the issue.
>

Hi James,

It is a workaround. As a more complete solution I suggest either of
the following

1. Shift to FAIR_CGROUP_SCHED in the kernel.
2. Or make this package a more generic configuration system.
(Currently it is boinc specific). Allow the administrator to set
default cpu_shares for *all* users.

Thanks,
Dhaval