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modules/nix-daemon: Replace daemon(IO)NiceLevel options

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The nix.daemonNiceLevel options allows for setting the nice level of the
Nix daemon process. On a modern Linux kernel with group scheduling the
nice level only affects threads relative to other threads in the same
task group (see sched(7)). Therefore this option has not the effect one
might expect.

The options daemonCPUSchedPolicy and daemonIOSchedClass are introduced
and the daemonIONiceLevel option renamed to daemonIOSchedPrority for
consistency. These options allow for more effective control over CPU
and I/O scheduling.

Instead of setting daemonNiceLevel to a high value to increase the
responsiveness of an interactive system during builds -- which would not
have the desired effect, as described above -- one could set both
daemonCPUSchedPolicy and daemonIOSchedClass to idle.
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Mikael Voss 2021-09-20 20:38:35 +02:00 committed by Yuka
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@ -184,34 +184,51 @@ in
'';
};
daemonNiceLevel = mkOption {
type = types.int;
default = 0;
daemonCPUSchedPolicy = mkOption {
type = types.enum ["other" "batch" "idle"];
default = "other";
example = "batch";
description = ''
Nix daemon process priority. This priority propagates to build processes.
0 is the default Unix process priority, 19 is the lowest. Note that nix
bypasses nix-daemon when running as root and this option does not have
any effect in such a case.
Nix daemon process CPU scheduling policy. This policy propagates to
build processes. other is the default scheduling policy for regular
tasks. The batch policy is similar to other, but optimised for
non-interactive tasks. idle is for extremely low-priority tasks
that should only be run when no other task requires CPU time.
Please note that if used on a recent Linux kernel with group scheduling,
setting the nice level will only have an effect relative to other threads
in the same task group. Therefore this option is only useful if
autogrouping has been disabled (see the kernel.sched_autogroup_enabled
sysctl) and no systemd unit uses any of the per-service CPU accounting
features of systemd. Otherwise the Nix daemon process may be placed in a
separate task group and the nice level setting will have no effect.
Refer to the man pages sched(7) and systemd.resource-control(5) for
details.
'';
Please note that while using the idle policy may greatly improve
responsiveness of a system performing expensive builds, it may also
slow down and potentially starve crucial configuration updates
during load.
'';
};
daemonIONiceLevel = mkOption {
daemonIOSchedClass = mkOption {
type = types.enum ["best-effort" "idle"];
default = "best-effort";
example = "idle";
description = ''
Nix daemon process I/O scheduling class. This class propagates to
build processes. best-effort is the default class for regular tasks.
The idle class is for extremely low-priority tasks that should only
perform I/O when no other task does.
Please note that while using the idle scheduling class can improve
responsiveness of a system performing expensive builds, it might also
slow down or starve crucial configuration updates during load.
'';
};
daemonIOSchedPriority = mkOption {
type = types.int;
default = 0;
example = 1;
description = ''
Nix daemon process I/O priority. This priority propagates to build processes.
0 is the default Unix process I/O priority, 7 is the lowest.
'';
Nix daemon process I/O scheduling priority. This priority propagates
to build processes. The supported priorities depend on the
scheduling policy: With idle, priorities are not used in scheduling
decisions. best-effort supports values in the range 0 (high) to 7
(low).
'';
};
buildMachines = mkOption {
@ -587,8 +604,9 @@ in
unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = "/nix/store";
serviceConfig =
{ Nice = cfg.daemonNiceLevel;
IOSchedulingPriority = cfg.daemonIONiceLevel;
{ CPUSchedulingPolicy = cfg.daemonCPUSchedPolicy;
IOSchedulingClass = cfg.daemonIOSchedClass;
IOSchedulingPriority = cfg.daemonIOSchedPriority;
LimitNOFILE = 4096;
};