Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272653AbTHEL3r (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 07:29:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272655AbTHEL3r (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 07:29:47 -0400 Received: from c210-49-248-224.thoms1.vic.optusnet.com.au ([210.49.248.224]:36510 "EHLO mail.kolivas.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272653AbTHEL3q (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 07:29:46 -0400 From: Con Kolivas To: Nick Piggin Subject: Re: [PATCH] O13int for interactivity Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 21:34:55 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 Cc: linux kernel mailing list , Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Felipe Alfaro Solana References: <200308050207.18096.kernel@kolivas.org> <200308052112.12553.kernel@kolivas.org> <3F2F93A7.4070808@cyberone.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3F2F93A7.4070808@cyberone.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308052134.55542.kernel@kolivas.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 983 Lines: 23 On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 21:23, Nick Piggin wrote: > I know you haven't been just tweaking numbers ;) But in the case of the > patch that provides different behaviour depending on whether a sleep is > interruptible or not really smelt of papering over symptoms. Now it might > be that nothing better can be done without move invasive changes, but I > just thought I'd voice my concerns. Indeed and the more discussion on the topic the better we can nut it out. Especially on lkml where having the last word is important ;-D > Oh, and remember that your desktop load is devoid of make -j big compiles, > so that is not a requisite for good interactivity. Thank goodness ;-). It's an easy way to reproduce a problem on a grander scale. Con - 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/