niceload: --run-* --start-* --io implemented.

Testsuite extended (untested).
man page updated.
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#! /bin/sh
# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for parallel 20110622.
# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for parallel 20110718.
#
# Report bugs to <bug-parallel@gnu.org>.
#
@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
# Identity of this package.
PACKAGE_NAME='parallel'
PACKAGE_TARNAME='parallel'
PACKAGE_VERSION='20110622'
PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20110622'
PACKAGE_VERSION='20110718'
PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20110718'
PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bug-parallel@gnu.org'
PACKAGE_URL=''
@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
# Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
# This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
cat <<_ACEOF
\`configure' configures parallel 20110622 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
\`configure' configures parallel 20110718 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ fi
if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
case $ac_init_help in
short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20110622:";;
short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20110718:";;
esac
cat <<\_ACEOF
@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ fi
test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
if $ac_init_version; then
cat <<\_ACEOF
parallel configure 20110622
parallel configure 20110718
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
It was created by parallel $as_me 20110622, which was
It was created by parallel $as_me 20110718, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68. Invocation command line was
$ $0 $@
@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ fi
# Define the identity of the package.
PACKAGE='parallel'
VERSION='20110622'
VERSION='20110718'
cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
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# report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
# values after options handling.
ac_log="
This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20110622, which was
This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20110718, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68. Invocation command line was
CONFIG_FILES = $CONFIG_FILES
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cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
ac_cs_version="\\
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AC_INIT([parallel], [20110622], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
AC_INIT([parallel], [20110719], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
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@ -178,27 +178,30 @@ available for download at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/
New in this release:
* niceload: --noswap will slow down a program if the computer is
swapping.
* niceload: --mem will slow down a program if free memory goes below a
certain limit.
* niceload: --hard will suspend a program if a limit is reached - as
opposed to just slowing the program down.
* niceload: --soft will slowing the program down - as opposed to
suspending the program completely.
(
* niceload: --io will slow down a program if disk io goes above a
* niceload: --run-io will slow down a program if disk io goes above a
certain limit.
* niceload: --start-load, --start-noswap, --start-mem, --start-io will
* niceload: --run-load will slow down a program if loadaverage goes
above a certain limit.
* niceload: --run-mem will slow down a program if free memory goes
below a certain limit.
* niceload: --run-noswap will slow down a program if the computer is
swapping.
* niceload: --start-io, --start-load, --start-mem, --start-noswap will
defer starting a program until the system is below the limit.
* --io, --load, --mem, and --noswap sets both --run-* and --start-*.
* niceload got a major rewrite and is now object oriented.
)
* GNU Parallel was presented at Nordic Perl Workshop 2011.
http://conferences.yapceurope.org/npw2011/talk/3416
@ -210,6 +213,9 @@ New in this release:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/negima1976/20110607/1307412660
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/negima1976/20110628/1309252494
* Blog post for bioinformatics. Thanks to Chris Miller.
http://chrisamiller.com/science/2010/05/26/use-parallel-for-easy-multi-processor-execution/
* Bug fixes and man page updates.

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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sql.1: sql Makefile
niceload.1: niceload Makefile
pod2man --release='$(PACKAGE_VERSION)' --center='$(PACKAGE_NAME)' \
--section=1 $(srcdir)/niceload > $(srcdir)/niceload.1
--section=1 $(srcdir)/niceload.pod > $(srcdir)/niceload.1
parallel.html: parallel Makefile sem
./sem --fg --id pod2html pod2html $(srcdir)/parallel.pod > $(srcdir)/parallel.html

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@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ sql.1: sql Makefile
niceload.1: niceload Makefile
pod2man --release='$(PACKAGE_VERSION)' --center='$(PACKAGE_NAME)' \
--section=1 $(srcdir)/niceload > $(srcdir)/niceload.1
--section=1 $(srcdir)/niceload.pod > $(srcdir)/niceload.1
parallel.html: parallel Makefile sem
./sem --fg --id pod2html pod2html $(srcdir)/parallel.pod > $(srcdir)/parallel.html

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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
=head1 NAME
niceload - slow down a program when the load average is above a certain limit
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<niceload> [-v] [-n nice] [-l load] [-t time] [-s time|-f factor] command
B<niceload> [-v] [-h] [-n nice] [-l load] [-t time] [-s time|-f factor] -p=PID
=head1 DESCRIPTION
GNU B<niceload> will slow down a program when the load average is
above a certain limit. When the limit is reached the program will be
suspended for some time. Then resumed again for some time. Then the
load average is checked again and we start over.
If the load is 3.00 then the default settings will run a program
like this:
run 1 second, suspend (3.00-1.00) seconds, run 1 second, suspend
(3.00-1.00) seconds, run 1 second, ...
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 9
=item B<-f> I<FACTOR>
=item B<--factor> I<FACTOR>
Suspend time factor. Dynamically set B<-s> as max load average over
limit * factor. Default is 1.
=item B<-H>
=item B<--hard>
Hard limit. B<--hard> will suspend the process until the system is
under the limits. The default is B<--soft>.
=item B<-l> I<maxload>
=item B<--load> I<maxload>
Max load. The maximal load average before suspending command. Default
is 1.00.
=item B<--rm> I<memory>
=item B<--runmem> I<memory>
Required free mem. I<memory> is computed as free memory + cache.
I<memory> can be postfixed with K, M, G, T, or P which would multiply the
size with 1024, 1048576, 1073741824, or 1099511627776 respectively.
=item B<-n> I<niceness>
=item B<--nice> I<niceness>
Sets niceness. See B<nice>(1).
=item B<-N>
=item B<--noswap>
Do not start new jobs on a given computer if there is both swap-in and
swap-out activity.
Swap activity is computed as (swap-in)*(swap-out) which in practice is
a good value: swapping out is not a problem, swapping in is not a
problem, but both swapping in and out usually indicates a problem.
=item B<-p> I<PID>
=item B<--pid> I<PID>
Process ID of process to suspend.
=item B<-s> I<SEC>
=item B<--suspend> I<SEC>
Suspend time. Suspend the command this many seconds when the max load
average is reached.
=item B<-S>
=item B<--soft>
Soft limit. B<niceload> will suspend a process for a while and then
let it run for a second thus only slowing down a process while the
system is over one of the given limits. This is the default.
=item B<-t> I<SEC>
=item B<--recheck> I<SEC>
Recheck load time. Sleep SEC seconds before checking load
again. Default is 1 second.
=item B<-v>
=item B<--verbose>
Verbose. Print some extra output on what is happening. Use B<-v> until
you know what your are doing.
=back
=head1 EXAMPLE: See niceload in action
In terminal 1 run: top
In terminal 2 run:
B<niceload perl -e '$|=1;do{$l==$r or print "."; $l=$r}until(($r=time-$^T)>>B<50)'>
This will print a '.' every second for 50 seconds and eat a lot of
CPU. When the load rises to 1.0 the process is suspended.
=head1 EXAMPLE: Run updatedb
Running updatedb can often starve the system for disk I/O and thus result in a high load.
Run updatedb but suspend updatedb if the load is above 2.00:
B<niceload -l=2 updatedb>
=head1 EXAMPLE: Run rsync
rsync can just like updatedb starve the system for disk I/O and thus result in a high load.
Run rsync but keep load below 3.4. If load reaches 7 sleep for
(7-3.4)*12 seconds:
B<niceload -l=3.4 -f=12 rsync -Ha /home/ /backup/home/>
=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
None. In future versions $NICELOAD will be able to contain default settings.
=head1 EXIT STATUS
Exit status should be the same as the command being run (untested).
=head1 REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-parallel@gnu.org>.
=head1 AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2004-11-19 Ole Tange, http://ole.tange.dk
Copyright (C) 2005,2006,2006,2008,2009,2010 Ole Tange, http://ole.tange.dk
Copyright (C) 2010,2011 Ole Tange, http://ole.tange.dk and Free
Software Foundation, Inc.
=head1 LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
at your option any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
=head2 Documentation license I
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this documentation
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
Texts. A copy of the license is included in the file fdl.txt.
=head2 Documentation license II
You are free:
=over 9
=item B<to Share>
to copy, distribute and transmit the work
=item B<to Remix>
to adapt the work
=back
Under the following conditions:
=over 9
=item B<Attribution>
You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or
licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or
your use of the work).
=item B<Share Alike>
If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute
the resulting work only under the same, similar or a compatible
license.
=back
With the understanding that:
=over 9
=item B<Waiver>
Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from
the copyright holder.
=item B<Public Domain>
Where the work or any of its elements is in the public domain under
applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license.
=item B<Other Rights>
In no way are any of the following rights affected by the license:
=over 2
=item *
Your fair dealing or fair use rights, or other applicable
copyright exceptions and limitations;
=item *
The author's moral rights;
=item *
Rights other persons may have either in the work itself or in
how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.
=back
=back
=over 9
=item B<Notice>
For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the
license terms of this work.
=back
A copy of the full license is included in the file as cc-by-sa.txt.
=head1 DEPENDENCIES
GNU B<niceload> uses Perl, and the Perl modules POSIX, and
Getopt::Long.
=head1 SEE ALSO
B<parallel>(1), B<nice>(1)
=cut
use strict;
use Getopt::Long;
$Global::progname="niceload";
$Global::version = 20110718;
$Global::version = 20110719;
Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling","require_order");
get_options_from_array(\@ARGV) || die_usage();
if($::opt_version) {
@ -312,6 +19,22 @@ if($::opt_factor and $::opt_suspend) {
help();
exit;
}
if(not (defined $::opt_start_io or defined $::opt_run_io
or defined $::opt_start_load or defined $::opt_run_load
or defined $::opt_start_mem or defined $::opt_run_mem
or defined $::opt_start_noswap or defined $::opt_run_noswap)) {
# Default is --runload=1
$::opt_run_load = 1;
}
if(not defined $::opt_start_io) { $::opt_start_io = $::opt_io; }
if(not defined $::opt_run_io) { $::opt_run_io = $::opt_io; }
if(not defined $::opt_start_load) { $::opt_start_load = $::opt_load; }
if(not defined $::opt_run_load) { $::opt_run_load = $::opt_load; }
if(not defined $::opt_start_mem) { $::opt_start_mem = $::opt_mem; }
if(not defined $::opt_run_mem) { $::opt_run_mem = $::opt_mem; }
if(not defined $::opt_start_noswap) { $::opt_start_noswap = $::opt_noswap; }
if(not defined $::opt_run_noswap) { $::opt_run_noswap = $::opt_noswap; }
sub get_options_from_array {
# Run GetOptions on @array
@ -332,14 +55,27 @@ sub get_options_from_array {
("debug|D" => \$::opt_debug,
"factor|f=s" => \$::opt_factor,
"hard|H" => \$::opt_hard,
"load|l=s" => \$::opt_load,
"soft|S" => \$::opt_soft,
"si|sio|startio|start-io=s" => \$::opt_start_io,
"ri|rio|runio|run-io=s" => \$::opt_run_io,
"io|I=s" => \$::opt_io,
"sl|startload|start-load=s" => \$::opt_start_load,
"rl|runload|run-load=s" => \$::opt_run_load,
"load|L|l=s" => \$::opt_load,
"sm|startmem|start-mem=s" => \$::opt_start_mem,
"rm|runmem|run-mem=s" => \$::opt_run_mem,
"nice|n=i" => \$::opt_nice,
"mem|M=s" => \$::opt_mem,
"sn|startnoswap|start-noswap|start-no-swap" => \$::opt_start_noswap,
"rn|runnoswap|run-noswap|run-no-swap" => \$::opt_run_noswap,
"noswap|N" => \$::opt_noswap,
"nice|n=i" => \$::opt_nice,
"process|pid|p=s" => \$::opt_pid,
"suspend|s=s" => \$::opt_suspend,
"soft|S" => \$::opt_soft,
"recheck|t=s" => \$::opt_recheck,
"help|h" => \$::opt_help,
"verbose|v" => \$::opt_verbose,
@ -360,8 +96,8 @@ sub die_usage {
sub help {
print q{
Usage:
niceload [-v] [-n=niceness] [-l=loadavg] [-t=recheck_sec]
[-s=suspend_sec|-f=factor] [-H] [-S]
niceload [-v] [-n niceness] [-L loadavg] [-I io] [-N] [-M mem]
[-s suspend_sec|-f factor] [-H] [-S]
command or -p pid
};
}
@ -576,17 +312,27 @@ sub new {
my $class = shift;
my %limits = @_;
my $hard = $::opt_soft ? 0 : $::opt_hard;
my $startmem = $::opt_start_mem ? ::multiply_binary_prefix($::opt_start_mem) : 0;
my $runio = $::opt_run_io ? ::multiply_binary_prefix($::opt_run_io) : 0;
my $startio = $::opt_start_io ? ::multiply_binary_prefix($::opt_start_io) : 0;
my $runload = $::opt_run_load ? ::multiply_binary_prefix($::opt_run_load) : 0;
my $startload = $::opt_start_load ? ::multiply_binary_prefix($::opt_start_load) : 0;
my $runmem = $::opt_run_mem ? ::multiply_binary_prefix($::opt_run_mem) : 0;
my $startmem = $::opt_start_mem ? ::multiply_binary_prefix($::opt_start_mem) : 0;
my $runnoswap = $::opt_run_noswap ? ::multiply_binary_prefix($::opt_run_noswap) : 0;
my $startnoswap = $::opt_start_noswap ? ::multiply_binary_prefix($::opt_start_noswap) : 0;
return bless {
'hard' => $hard,
'recheck' => 1, # Default
'runtime' => 1, # Default
'load' => $::opt_load,
'startmem' => $startmem,
'runio' => $runio,
'startio' => $startio,
'runload' => $runload,
'startload' => $startload,
'runmem' => $runmem,
'swap' => $::opt_noswap,
'startmem' => $startmem,
'runnoswap' => $runnoswap,
'startnoswap' => $startnoswap,
'factor' => $::opt_factor || 1,
'recheck' => $::opt_recheck || 1,
'runtime' => 1,
@ -609,7 +355,23 @@ sub over_run_limit {
::debug("Run memory: $self->{'runmem'}/$mem\n");
$status += (::max(1,$self->{'runmem'}/$mem)-1);
}
$status += $self->over_general_limit();
if($self->{'runload'}) {
# load should be between 0-10ish
# 0 load => 0
my $load = $self->load_status();
$status += ::max(0,$load - $self->{'runload'});
}
if($self->{'runnoswap'}) {
# swap should be between 0-10ish
# swap in or swap out or no swap = 0
# else log(swapin*swapout)
my $swap = $self->swap_status();
$status += log(::max(1, $swap - $self->{'runnoswap'}));
}
if($self->{'runio'}) {
my $io = $self->io_status();
$status += max(0,$io - $self->{'runio'});
}
$self->{'over_run_limit'} = $status;
if(not $::opt_recheck) {
$self->{'recheck'} = $self->{'factor'} * $self->{'over_run_limit'};
@ -627,6 +389,44 @@ sub over_start_limit {
# 50% available => 1 (2-1)
# 10% available => 9 (10-1)
my $mem = $self->mem_status();
# $status += (::max(1,$self->{'startmem'}/$mem)-1)*10;
::debug("Start memory: $self->{'startmem'}/$mem\n");
$status += (::max(1,$self->{'startmem'}/$mem)-1);
}
if($self->{'startload'}) {
# load should be between 0-10ish
# 0 load => 0
my $load = $self->load_status();
$status += ::max(0,$load - $self->{'startload'});
}
if($self->{'startnoswap'}) {
# swap should be between 0-10ish
# swap in or swap out or no swap = 0
# else log(swapin*swapout)
my $swap = $self->swap_status();
$status += log(::max(1, $swap - $self->{'startnoswap'}));
}
if($self->{'startio'}) {
my $io = $self->io_status();
$status += ::max(0,$io - $self->{'startio'});
}
$self->{'over_start_limit'} = $status;
if(not $::opt_recheck) {
$self->{'recheck'} = $self->{'factor'} * $self->{'over_start_limit'};
}
::debug("over_start_limit: $status\n");
return $self->{'over_start_limit'};
}
sub __over_start_limit {
my $self = shift;
my $status = 0;
if($self->{'startmem'}) {
# mem should be between 0-10ish
# 100% available => 0 (1-1)
# 50% available => 1 (2-1)
# 10% available => 9 (10-1)
my $mem = $self->mem_status();
# $status += (::max(1,$self->{'startmem'}/$mem)-1)*10;
$status += (::max(1,$self->{'startmem'}/$mem)-1);
}
@ -639,29 +439,12 @@ sub over_start_limit {
return $self->{'over_start_limit'};
}
sub over_general_limit {
sub __over_general_limit {
# Return:
# 0 if under all limits
# >0 if over limit
my $self = shift;
my $status = 0;
if($self->{'load'}) {
# load should be between 0-10ish
# 0 load => 0
my $load = $self->load_status();
$status += ::max(0,$load - $self->{'load'});
}
if($self->{'swap'}) {
# swap should be between 0-10ish
# swap in or swap out or no swap = 0
# else log(swapin*swapout)
my $swap = $self->swap_status();
$status += log(::max(1, $swap - $self->{'swap'}));
}
if($self->{'io'}) {
my $io = $self->io_status();
$status += max(0,$io - $self->{'io'});
}
return $status;
}
@ -745,7 +528,7 @@ sub swap_status {
if(not defined $self->{'swap_status'} or
$self->{'swap_status_cache_time'}+$self->{'recheck'} < time) {
my $status = swap_status_linux();
$self->{'swap_status'} = ::max($status-$self->{'swap'},0);
$self->{'swap_status'} = ::max($status,0);
$self->{'swap_status_cache_time'} = time;
}
::debug("swap_status: $self->{'swap_status'}\n");
@ -807,11 +590,14 @@ sub io_status_linux {
# sdg 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
my @iostat_out = `LANG=C iostat -x 1 2`;
# throw away all execpt the last Device:-section
my @iostat = grep (/1/../Device:/, reverse @iostat_out);
print @iostat;
my $io = (split(/\s+/,$iostat[2]))[3];
return $io*1024;
# print @iostat_out;
my @iostat;
for(reverse @iostat_out) {
/Device:/ and last;
push @iostat, (split(/\s+/,$_))[13];
}
my $io = ::max(@iostat);
return $io/10;
}
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=head1 NAME
niceload - slow down a program when the load average is above a certain limit
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<niceload> [-v] [-n nice] [-L load] [-t time] [-s time|-f factor] command
B<niceload> [-v] [-h] [-n nice] [-l load] [-t time] [-s time|-f factor] -p=PID
=head1 DESCRIPTION
GNU B<niceload> will slow down a program when the load average is
above a certain limit. When the limit is reached the program will be
suspended for some time. Then resumed again for some time. Then the
load average is checked again and we start over.
If the load is 3.00 then the default settings will run a program
like this:
run 1 second, suspend (3.00-1.00) seconds, run 1 second, suspend
(3.00-1.00) seconds, run 1 second, ...
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 9
=item B<-f> I<FACTOR>
=item B<--factor> I<FACTOR>
Suspend time factor. Dynamically set B<-s> as amount over limit *
factor. Default is 1.
=item B<-H>
=item B<--hard>
Hard limit. B<--hard> will suspend the process until the system is
under the limits. The default is B<--soft>.
=item B<--io> I<iolimit>
=item B<-I> I<iolimit>
Limit for I/O. The amount of disk I/O will be computed as a value 0 -
10, where 0 is no I/O and 10 is at least one disk is 100% satuated.
B<--io> will set both B<--start-io> and B<run-io>.
=item B<--load> I<loadlimit>
=item B<-L> I<loadlimit>
Limit for load average.
B<--load> will set both B<--start-load> and B<run-load>.
=item B<--mem> I<memlimit>
=item B<-M> I<memlimit>
Limit for free memory. This is the amount of bytes available as free
+ cache. This limit is treated opposite other limits: If the system
is above the limit the program will run, if it is below the limit the
program will stop
I<memlimit> can be postfixed with K, M, G, T, or P which would
multiply the size with 1024, 1048576, 1073741824, or 1099511627776
respectively.
B<--mem> will set both B<--start-mem> and B<run-mem>.
=item B<--noswap>
=item B<-N>
No swapping. If the system is swapping both in and out it is a good
indication that the system is memory stressed.
B<--noswap> is over limit if the system is swapping both in and out.
B<--noswap> will set both B<--start-noswap> and B<run-noswap>.
=item B<-n> I<niceness>
=item B<--nice> I<niceness>
Sets niceness. See B<nice>(1).
=item B<-p> I<PID>
=item B<--pid> I<PID>
Process ID of process to suspend.
=item B<--run-io> I<iolimit>
=item B<--ri> I<iolimit>
=item B<--run-load> I<loadlimit>
=item B<--rl> I<loadlimit>
=item B<--run-mem> I<memlimit>
=item B<--rm> I<memlimit>
Run limit. The running program will be slowed down if the system is
above the limit. See: B<--io>, B<--load>, B<--mem>, B<--noswap>.
=item B<--start-io> I<iolimit>
=item B<--si> I<iolimit>
=item B<--start-load> I<loadlimit>
=item B<--sl> I<loadlimit>
=item B<--start-mem> I<memlimit>
=item B<--sm> I<memlimit>
Start limit. The program will not start until the system is below the
limit. See: B<--io>, B<--load>, B<--mem>, B<--noswap>.
=item B<--suspend> I<SEC>
=item B<-s> I<SEC>
Suspend time. Suspend the command this many seconds when the max load
average is reached.
=item B<--soft>
=item B<-S>
Soft limit. B<niceload> will suspend a process for a while and then
let it run for a second thus only slowing down a process while the
system is over one of the given limits. This is the default.
=item B<--recheck> I<SEC>
=item B<-t> I<SEC>
Recheck load time. Sleep SEC seconds before checking load
again. Default is 1 second.
=item B<--verbose>
=item B<-v>
Verbose. Print some extra output on what is happening. Use B<-v> until
you know what your are doing.
=back
=head1 EXAMPLE: See niceload in action
In terminal 1 run: top
In terminal 2 run:
B<niceload perl -e '$|=1;do{$l==$r or print "."; $l=$r}until(($r=time-$^T)>>B<50)'>
This will print a '.' every second for 50 seconds and eat a lot of
CPU. When the load rises to 1.0 the process is suspended.
=head1 EXAMPLE: Run updatedb
Running updatedb can often starve the system for disk I/O and thus result in a high load.
Run updatedb but suspend updatedb if the load is above 2.00:
B<niceload -L 2 updatedb>
=head1 EXAMPLE: Run rsync
rsync can just like updatedb starve the system for disk I/O and thus result in a high load.
Run rsync but keep load below 3.4. If load reaches 7 sleep for
(7-3.4)*12 seconds:
B<niceload -L 3.4 -f 12 rsync -Ha /home/ /backup/home/>
=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
None. In future versions $NICELOAD will be able to contain default settings.
=head1 EXIT STATUS
Exit status should be the same as the command being run (untested).
=head1 REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-parallel@gnu.org>.
=head1 AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2004-11-19 Ole Tange, http://ole.tange.dk
Copyright (C) 2005,2006,2006,2008,2009,2010 Ole Tange, http://ole.tange.dk
Copyright (C) 2010,2011 Ole Tange, http://ole.tange.dk and Free
Software Foundation, Inc.
=head1 LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
at your option any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
=head2 Documentation license I
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this documentation
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
Texts. A copy of the license is included in the file fdl.txt.
=head2 Documentation license II
You are free:
=over 9
=item B<to Share>
to copy, distribute and transmit the work
=item B<to Remix>
to adapt the work
=back
Under the following conditions:
=over 9
=item B<Attribution>
You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or
licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or
your use of the work).
=item B<Share Alike>
If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute
the resulting work only under the same, similar or a compatible
license.
=back
With the understanding that:
=over 9
=item B<Waiver>
Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from
the copyright holder.
=item B<Public Domain>
Where the work or any of its elements is in the public domain under
applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license.
=item B<Other Rights>
In no way are any of the following rights affected by the license:
=over 2
=item *
Your fair dealing or fair use rights, or other applicable
copyright exceptions and limitations;
=item *
The author's moral rights;
=item *
Rights other persons may have either in the work itself or in
how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.
=back
=back
=over 9
=item B<Notice>
For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the
license terms of this work.
=back
A copy of the full license is included in the file as cc-by-sa.txt.
=head1 DEPENDENCIES
GNU B<niceload> uses Perl, and the Perl modules POSIX, and
Getopt::Long.
=head1 SEE ALSO
B<parallel>(1), B<nice>(1)
=cut

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@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ sub get_options_from_array {
sub parse_options {
# Returns: N/A
# Defaults:
$Global::version = 20110709;
$Global::version = 20110719;
$Global::progname = 'parallel';
$Global::infinity = 2**31;
$Global::debug = 0;

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@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ $Global::Initfile && unlink $Global::Initfile;
exit ($err);
sub parse_options {
$Global::version = 20110622;
$Global::version = 20110719;
$Global::progname = 'sql';
# This must be done first as this may exec myself

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@ -4,6 +4,54 @@ echo '### Test niceload'
niceload -s 1 perl -e '$|=1;do{$l==$r or print "."; $l=$r}until(($r=time-$^T)>10)'
echo
echo '### -f and --factor'
niceload -f 0.1 echo f 0.1
niceload --factor 0.1 echo factor 0.1
echo '### -f and --factor'
niceload -f 0.1 echo f 0.1
niceload --factor 0.1 echo factor 0.1
# Force less than 1 GB buffer+cache
MEMAVAIL=$(free | perl -ane '/buffers.cache:/ and print $F[3]')
while [ $MEMAVAIL -gt 1000000 ] ; do
BS=$(echo $MEMAVAIL/10 | bc)
(seq 1 5 | parallel -j0 -N0 timeout 10 nice dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=${BS}k &)
sleep 2;
MEMAVAIL=$(free | perl -ane '/buffers.cache:/ and print $F[3]')
echo $MEMAVAIL
done
# free
echo '### --rm and --runmem'
niceload -H --rm 1g free -g | perl -ane '/buffers.cache:/ and print $F[3],"\n"' | grep '[1-9]' >/dev/null && echo OK &
niceload -H --runmem 1.2g free -g | perl -ane '/buffers.cache:/ and print $F[3],"\n"' | grep '[1-9]' >/dev/null && echo OK &
wait
# free
# Force swapping
MEMAVAIL=$(free | perl -ane '/buffers.cache:/ and print $F[3]')
while [ $MEMAVAIL -gt 1000000 ] ; do
BS=$(echo $MEMAVAIL/10 | bc)
(seq 1 10 | parallel -j0 -N0 timeout 10 nice dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=${BS}k &)
sleep 2;
MEMAVAIL=$(free | perl -ane '/buffers.cache:/ and print $F[3]')
echo $MEMAVAIL
done
echo '### -N and --noswap '
niceload -D -H -N vmstat 1 2 | tail -n1 | awk '{print $7*$8}' &
niceload -D -H --noswap vmstat 1 2 | tail -n1 | awk '{print $7*$8}' &
wait
# force load > 10
while uptime | grep -v '[1-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9],' >/dev/null ; do (timeout 2 nice burnP6 2>/dev/null &) done
echo '### -H and --hard'
niceload -H -l 9.9 uptime | grep '[1-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9],' || echo OK
niceload --hard -l 9 uptime | grep '[1-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9],' || echo OK
#echo '### Test niceload -p'
#sleep 3 &
#nice-load -v -p $!