Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 10:16:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 10:16:49 -0400 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:49632 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 10:16:31 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 16:16:19 +0200 From: "J . A . Magallon" To: Peter Osterlund Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.4 sluggish under fork load Message-ID: <20010428161619.A1062@werewolf.able.es> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: ; from peter.osterlund@mailbox.swipnet.se on Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 13:52:06 +0200 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.1.4 Lines: 17 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 04.28 Peter Osterlund wrote: > > Another thing is that the bash loop "while true ; do /bin/true ; done" is > not possible to interrupt with ctrl-c. > Just tried that under 2.4.4 on two terminals at the same time and the system even noticed it. Both cpus were running at about 45%user+55%sys, and was able to use balsa to read mail (disk access) and both loops stopped immediatley under Ctrl-C. -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source mailto:jamagallon@able.es # be with you, Luke... Linux werewolf 2.4.4 #1 SMP Sat Apr 28 11:45:02 CEST 2001 i686 - 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/