Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner+willy=40w.ods.org@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id <S266765AbSLDAzr>; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:55:47 -0500
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org
	id <S266767AbSLDAzr>; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:55:47 -0500
Received: from holomorphy.com ([66.224.33.161]:41858 "EHLO holomorphy")
	by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id <S266765AbSLDAzr>;
	Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:55:47 -0500
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 17:03:07 -0800
From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
To: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>, "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>,
       Christoph Hellwig <hch@sgi.com>,
       marcelo@connectiva.com.br.munich.sgi.com, rml@tech9.net,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] set_cpus_allowed() for 2.4
Message-ID: <20021204010307.GA9882@holomorphy.com>
Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>,
	"Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@sgi.com>,
	marcelo@connectiva.com.br.munich.sgi.com, rml@tech9.net,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
References: <20021202192652.A25938@sgi.com> <1919608311.1038822649@[10.10.2.3]> <3DEBB4BD.F64B6ADC@digeo.com> <20021202195003.GC28164@dualathlon.random> <3DED18CC.5770EA90@digeo.com> <20021204000618.GG11730@dualathlon.random> <3DED4CA4.5B9A20EA@digeo.com> <20021204004234.GL11730@dualathlon.random>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20021204004234.GL11730@dualathlon.random>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i
Organization: The Domain of Holomorphy
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Content-Length: 746
Lines: 17

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 04:30:28PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> load is just one or more busywaits.  It has to be a compilation.  It
>> could be something to do with all the short-lived processes, or gcc -pipe)

On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 01:42:34AM +0100, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> could be that we think they're very interactive or something like that.

The pipe issue is observable without involving gcc or kernel compiles.
Cooperating processes are consistently granted excessive priorities.


Bill
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/