Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261684AbTHYKfD (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 06:35:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261677AbTHYKfD (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 06:35:03 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:41872 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261692AbTHYKe6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 06:34:58 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: mru@users.sourceforge.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH]O18.1int Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:34:57 +0200 Message-ID: References: <200308231555.24530.kernel@kolivas.org> <20030825094240.GJ16080@Synopsys.COM> <200308252016.13315.kernel@kolivas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Rational FORTRAN, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DtTilP880rIYZW1bF4GC7N4kplE= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1151 Lines: 22 Con Kolivas writes: >> > XEmacs still spins after running a background job like make or grep. >> > It's fine if I reverse patch-O16.2-O16.3. The spinning doesn't happen >> > as often, or as long time as with O16.3, but it's there and it's >> > irritating. >> >> another example is RXVT (an X terminal emulator). Starts spinnig after >> it's child has exited. Not always, but annoyingly often. System is >> almost locked while it spins (calling select). > > What does vanilla kernel do with these apps running? Both immediately after > the apps have started up and some time (>1 min) after they've been running? Vanilla test1 has the spin effect. Test2 doesn't. I haven't tried vanilla test3 or test4. As I've said, the O16.2-O16.3 patch introduced the problem. With that patch reversed, everything is fine. What problem does that patch fix? -- M?ns Rullg?rd mru@users.sf.net - 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/