Updated comments for the move in the previous commit.

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Bruce Evans 1999-11-27 15:27:11 +00:00
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@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ roundrobin(arg)
* Note that, as ps(1) mentions, this can let percentages * Note that, as ps(1) mentions, this can let percentages
* total over 100% (I've seen 137.9% for 3 processes). * total over 100% (I've seen 137.9% for 3 processes).
* *
* Note that statclock() updates p_estcpu and p_cpticks asynchronously. * Note that schedclock() updates p_estcpu and p_cpticks asynchronously.
* *
* We wish to decay away 90% of p_estcpu in (5 * loadavg) seconds. * We wish to decay away 90% of p_estcpu in (5 * loadavg) seconds.
* That is, the system wants to compute a value of decay such * That is, the system wants to compute a value of decay such
@ -902,12 +902,12 @@ sched_setup(dummy)
/* /*
* We adjust the priority of the current process. The priority of * We adjust the priority of the current process. The priority of
* a process gets worse as it accumulates CPU time. The cpu usage * a process gets worse as it accumulates CPU time. The cpu usage
* estimator (p_estcpu) is increased here. The formula for computing * estimator (p_estcpu) is increased here. resetpriority() will
* priorities (in kern_synch.c) will compute a different value each * compute a different priority each time p_estcpu increases by 4
* time p_estcpu increases by 4. The cpu usage estimator ramps up * (until MAXPRI is reached). The cpu usage estimator ramps up
* quite quickly when the process is running (linearly), and decays * quite quickly when the process is running (linearly), and decays
* away exponentially, at a rate which is proportionally slower when * away exponentially, at a rate which is proportionally slower when
* the system is busy. The basic principal is that the system will * the system is busy. The basic principle is that the system will
* 90% forget that the process used a lot of CPU time in 5 * loadav * 90% forget that the process used a lot of CPU time in 5 * loadav
* seconds. This causes the system to favor processes which haven't * seconds. This causes the system to favor processes which haven't
* run much recently, and to round-robin among other processes. * run much recently, and to round-robin among other processes.