Niko1221 b89bf5947d Windows: an engine started from a low-priority program no longer reads its model at Low disk priority; its disk priority goes back to Normal and one plain line says so (#4733) ...

A Windows process starts with the I/O priority of the program that started it. Run from a Task Scheduler task, a service, or a terminal that an IDE or coding agent keeps at low priority, the engine inherited Low I/O priority: the reporter measured PLE direct reads about 15x slower, cold prompt reads 3-5x slower and decode 14% slower on the same drive, and the engine blamed the drive. Both engines (strata and strata-dsv41) now read ProcessIoPriority at start and set it to Normal when it is lower (no privilege needed to go from Low to Normal). STRATA_KEEP_IO_PRIORITY=1 leaves it as inherited. The CPU priority class is not touched. New io_priority_test (Windows): started at Low it ends at Normal, started at Normal it is untouched, KEEP leaves Low alone. Tested here: that test passes on Windows; the HIP engine builds. Not tested: the reporter's slowdown itself (needs their drive and a low-priority launcher with an engine run).

2026-10-31 13:01:12 +01:00

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aux_cpus_test.cpp

--aux-cpus: put the engine's threads that are neither pool workers nor the host on spare CPUs (Linux, off by default)

2026-10-09 03:06:46 +02:00

direct_file_async.cpp

HIP tests: main's batched indexer append and I/O pool (C-2, C-4) replace the PR's duplicates

2026-09-29 14:36:32 +02:00

host_limits_test.cpp

Windows HIP: a bare --prefill auto stops at 6144; commit-limit check at serve start (#1630, #1607)

2026-10-09 03:31:47 +02:00

io_priority_test.cpp

Windows: an engine started from a low-priority program no longer reads its model at Low disk priority; its disk priority goes back to Normal and one plain line says so (#4733)

2026-10-31 13:01:12 +01:00