Subject: Re: [PATCH] sleep_decay for interactivity 2.5.72 - testers  needed
From: Andreas Boman <aboman@midgaard.us>
To: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>,
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On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 13:31, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> 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.
> 

Hmm, I'm still able to completely starve xmms by just moving a window
around ontop of evolution or mozilla though (not possible without this
patch).

	Andreas

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