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b5e9d67a79 Scheduler: wrap-up and comment test cases thus far
...up to now, Behaviour is as expected
- with some minor discrepancies still to be fixed
- and an effect due to the test-scaffolding
2023-10-27 03:37:24 +02:00
097001d16f Scheduler: investigate timings of dispatch()
...there seemed to be an anomaly of 50...100µs

==> conclusion: this is due to the instrumentation code
    - it largely caused by the EventLog, which was never meant
      to be used in performance-critical code, and does hefty
      heap allocations and string processing.
    - moreover, there clearly is a cache-effect, adding a Factor 2
      whenever some time passed since the last EventLog call

==> can be considered just an artifact of the test setup and
    will have no impact on the scheduler


remark: this commit adds a lot of instrumentation code
2023-10-27 02:53:34 +02:00
a90a5d9636 Scheduler: can demonstrate basic behaviour
- invoked right away
- pre-sleep to tend next
- post-sleep if next activity follows at a distance
2023-10-26 03:56:18 +02:00
a71bcaae43 Scheduler: shorthand notation for work-Function test
To cover the visible behaviour of the work-Function,
we have to check an amalgam of timing delays and time differences.

This kind of test tends to be problematic, since timings are always
random and also machine dependent, and thus we need to produce pronounced effects
2023-10-26 01:14:13 +02:00
5164ead929 Scheduler: access invocation time for test
...find a way to sneak out the "now" parameter passed on Invocation
...this is prerequisite to demonstrate expected behaviour of the work-Function
2023-10-25 23:40:47 +02:00
7da88b772f Scheduler: setup to verify the work-Function
...first steps to get anything to run with the Scheduler constructed thus far
...can now
 - enqueue
 - getWork -> invoke
2023-10-25 17:31:32 +02:00
e5638119f5 Scheduler: devise scheme for load control
- organise by principles rather than implementing a mechanism
- keep the first version simple yet flexible
- conduct empiric research under synthetic load

Basic scheme:
- tend for next
- classify free capacity
- scattered targeted wait
2023-10-22 16:45:13 +02:00
74c97614b3 Scheduler: component wiring
The »Scheduler Service« will be assembled
from the components developed during the last months
- Layer-1
- Layer-2
- Activity-Language
- Block-Flow
- Work-Force
2023-10-20 04:36:07 +02:00
9db341bd8b Scheduler: plan for integration
identified three distinct tasks
- build the external API
- establish component integration
- performance testing
2023-10-20 00:59:50 +02:00