Hi,

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Ingo Molnar wrote:

quoted text
> yes, the weight multiplier 1.25, but the actual difference in CPU 
> utilization, when running two CPU intense tasks, is ~10%:
> 
>   PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
>  8246 mingo     20   0  1576  244  196 R   55  0.0   0:11.96 loop
>  8247 mingo     21   1  1576  244  196 R   45  0.0   0:10.52 loop
> 
> so the first task 'wins' +10% CPU utilization (relative to the 50% it 
> had before), the second task 'loses' -10% CPU utilization (relative to 
> the 50% it had before).

As soon as you add another loop the difference changes again, while it's 
always correct to say it gets 25% more cpu time (which I still think is a 
little too much).

bye, Roman
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