Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271721AbTGRGUE (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 02:20:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271722AbTGRGUE (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 02:20:04 -0400 Received: from dyn-ctb-210-9-243-47.webone.com.au ([210.9.243.47]:51209 "EHLO chimp.local.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271721AbTGRGT7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 02:19:59 -0400 Message-ID: <3F1794F0.1090803@cyberone.com.au> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:34:24 +1000 From: Nick Piggin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030618 Debian/1.3.1-3 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Galbraith CC: Davide Libenzi , Con Kolivas , linux kernel mailing list , Andrew Morton , Felipe Alfaro Solana , Zwane Mwaikambo Subject: Re: [PATCH] O6int for interactivity References: <200307170030.25934.kernel@kolivas.org> <200307170030.25934.kernel@kolivas.org> <5.2.1.1.2.20030718071656.01af84d0@pop.gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20030718071656.01af84d0@pop.gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2582 Lines: 76 Mike Galbraith wrote: > At 03:12 PM 7/16/2003 -0700, Davide Libenzi wrote: > >> http://www.xmailserver.org/linux-patches/irman2.c >> >> and run it with different -n (number of tasks) and -b (CPU burn ms >> time). >> At the same time try to build a kernel for example. Then you will >> realize >> that interactivity is not the bigger problem that the scheduler has >> right >> now. > > > I added an irman2 load to contest. Con's changes 06+06.1 stomped it > flat [1]. irman2 is modified to run for 30s at a time, but with > default parameters. > > -Mike > > [1] imho a little too flat. it also made a worrisome impression on > apache bench > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >no_load: >Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio >2.5.69 1 153 94.8 0.0 0.0 1.00 >2.5.70 1 153 94.1 0.0 0.0 1.00 >2.6.0-test1 1 153 94.1 0.0 0.0 1.00 >2.6.0-test1-mm1 1 152 94.7 0.0 0.0 1.00 >cacherun: >Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio >2.5.69 1 146 98.6 0.0 0.0 0.95 >2.5.70 1 146 98.6 0.0 0.0 0.95 >2.6.0-test1 1 146 98.6 0.0 0.0 0.95 >2.6.0-test1-mm1 1 146 98.6 0.0 0.0 0.96 >process_load: >Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio >2.5.69 1 331 43.8 90.0 55.3 2.16 >2.5.70 1 199 72.4 27.0 25.5 1.30 >2.6.0-test1 1 264 54.5 61.0 44.3 1.73 >2.6.0-test1-mm1 1 323 44.9 88.0 54.2 2.12 >ctar_load: >Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio >2.5.69 1 190 77.9 0.0 0.0 1.24 >2.5.70 1 186 80.1 0.0 0.0 1.22 >2.6.0-test1 1 213 70.4 0.0 0.0 1.39 >2.6.0-test1-mm1 1 207 72.5 0.0 0.0 1.36 >xtar_load: >Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio >2.5.69 1 196 75.0 0.0 3.1 1.28 >2.5.70 1 195 75.9 0.0 3.1 1.27 >2.6.0-test1 1 193 76.7 1.0 4.1 1.26 >2.6.0-test1-mm1 1 195 75.9 1.0 4.1 1.28 >io_load: >Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio >2.5.69 1 437 34.6 69.1 15.1 2.86 >2.5.70 1 401 37.7 72.3 17.4 2.62 >2.6.0-test1 1 243 61.3 48.1 17.3 1.59 >2.6.0-test1-mm1 1 336 44.9 64.5 17.3 2.21 > Looks like gcc is getting less priority after a read completes. Keep an eye on this please. - 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/