Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:25:55 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [patch] "HT scheduler", sched-2.5.63-B3 |
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Robert Love <rml@tech9.net> wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 16:12, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > - The longstanding problem wherein a kernel build makes my X desktop > > unusable is 90% fixed - it is still possible to trigger stalls, but > > they are less severe, and you actually have to work at it a bit to > > make them happen. > > That is odd, because I do not see any changes in here that would improve > interactivity. This looks to be pretty much purely the HT stuff. > > Andrew, if you drop this patch, your X desktop usability drops?
hm, you're right. It's still really bad. I forgot that I was using distcc.
And I also forgot that tbench starves everything else only on CONFIG_SMP=n. That problem remains with us as well.
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