Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751653AbWBWVKM (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:10:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751715AbWBWVKM (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:10:12 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:5292 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751653AbWBWVKK (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:10:10 -0500 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:08:44 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Nish Aravamudan Cc: Gautam H Thaker , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ~5x greater CPU load for a networked application when using 2.6.15-rt15-smp vs. 2.6.12-1.1390_FC4 Message-ID: <20060223210844.GA26701@elte.hu> References: <43FE134C.6070600@atl.lmco.com> <20060223205851.GA24321@elte.hu> <29495f1d0602231306o55d759d5v9600b070a4b485e3@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <29495f1d0602231306o55d759d5v9600b070a4b485e3@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.3 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.3 required=5.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -2.8 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts 0.6 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 621 Lines: 16 * Nish Aravamudan wrote: > Would it make more sense to compare 2.6.15 and 2.6.15-rt17, as opposed > to 2.6.12-1.1390_FC4 and 2.6.15-rt17? Seems like the closer the two > kernels are, the easier it will be to isolate the differences. good point. I'd expect there to be similar 'top' output, but still worth doing for comparable results. Ingo - 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/