Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261682AbUCFPAs (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:00:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261689AbUCFPAs (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:00:48 -0500 Received: from ambr.mtholyoke.edu ([138.110.1.10]:26126 "EHLO ambr.mtholyoke.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261682AbUCFPAl (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:00:41 -0500 Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:00:40 -0500 (EST) From: Ron Peterson To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: network / performance problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 833 Lines: 24 On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, Ron Peterson wrote: > My understanding is that the kernel profile information will become > interesting when the machine starts thrashing. If it would be useful for > me to dump anything before then, let me know. On a related note... What kind of performance hit do you take for booting with kernel profiling turned on? If not much, I would consider always booting this way, so that if a machine starts sinking, I could maybe capture some useful information. Is that wise? _________________________ Ron Peterson Network & Systems Manager Mount Holyoke College - 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/