Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265851AbTFSRMp (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:12:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265850AbTFSRMp (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:12:45 -0400 Received: from pop.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:2507 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265851AbTFSRMo (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:12:44 -0400 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20030619184906.00cea3c0@pop.gmx.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 19:31:07 +0200 To: Con Kolivas From: Mike Galbraith Subject: Re: [PATCH] sleep_decay for interactivity 2.5.72 - testers needed Cc: linux kernel mailing list , Andreas Boman In-Reply-To: <200306200202.37745.kernel@kolivas.org> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030619171843.02299e00@pop.gmx.net> <5.2.0.9.2.20030619171843.02299e00@pop.gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 891 Lines: 24 At 02:02 AM 6/20/2003 +1000, Con Kolivas wrote: >On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 01:47, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > At 12:05 AM 6/20/2003 +1000, Con Kolivas wrote: > > >Testers required. A version for -ck will be created soon. > > > > That idea definitely needs some refinement. > >Actually no it needs a bugfix even more than a refinement! > >The best_sleep_decay should be 60, NOT 60*Hz Ok. Now it acts as you described. thud is also now THUD though, and a parallel kernel build goes insane pretty much instantly. On the bright side, process_load seems to have lost it's ability to crawl up (under X) and starve new processes forever. -Mike - 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/