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SubjectRe: Performance comparison between 2.3.8 and 2.2.10
On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 09:05:07PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> the global kernel lock spins, but doesn't sleep. that explains the
> difference in system CPU utilization, i think.

But if it spins, it spins in kernel space, not in user space. The kernel
compiles I ran took longer both in the kernel and in user space ...

Rudi

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