Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270848AbTGVTiE (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:38:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270849AbTGVTiE (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:38:04 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:21518 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270848AbTGVTiC (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:38:02 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:53:06 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: LKML Subject: Re: Scheduler starvation (2.5.x, 2.6.0-test1) Message-ID: <20030722195306.GA1176@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: LKML References: <20030722180442.6c116e1c.martin.zwickel@technotrend.de> <1058899302.733.1.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <20030722193917.GA14669@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030722193917.GA14669@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1350 Lines: 27 On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 09:39:17PM +0200, Jose Luis Domingo Lopez wrote: > On Tuesday, 22 July 2003, at 20:41:42 +0200, > Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: > > > Could you please test 2.6.0-test1-mm2? It includes some scheduler fixes > > from Con Kolivas that will help in reducing or eliminating your > > starvation issues. > > > I was having the same jumpy mouse behaviuor with 2.6.0-test1, and on an > otherwise idle Pentium III at 600 MHz box, scrolling a very simple HTML > page in Mozilla makes xmms skip audio. > > Then I tried 2.6.0-test1-mm2, and several things happened: now scrolling > an HTML page in Mozilla seems not to affect MP3 playback with XMMS, but > this is the only possitive effect. Focusing windows raises them way > slower than in 2.6.0-test1, scheduler starvation is constant (just try > to do something like going to another virtual desktop), and then, after > several minutes, only XMMS got CPU time, the rest of the applications > (at least, those running over X-Window) get stalled. Yes, I get the same thing with KDE 3.1. Are you using KDE or Gnome? And if so, what version? - 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/