Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751717AbWCUOgy (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:36:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751719AbWCUOgy (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:36:54 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:41929 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751720AbWCUOgw (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:36:52 -0500 X-Authenticated: #14349625 Subject: Re: interactive task starvation From: Mike Galbraith To: Con Kolivas Cc: Willy Tarreau , Ingo Molnar , lkml , Andrew Morton , bugsplatter@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <200603220130.34424.kernel@kolivas.org> References: <1142592375.7895.43.camel@homer> <200603220119.50331.kernel@kolivas.org> <1142951339.7807.99.camel@homer> <200603220130.34424.kernel@kolivas.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:36:58 +0100 Message-Id: <1142951818.7807.104.camel@homer> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1006 Lines: 23 On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 01:30 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: > On Wednesday 22 March 2006 01:28, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 01:19 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: > > > What you're fixing with unfairness is worth pursuing. The 'ls' issue just > > > blows my mind though for reasons I've just said. Where are the magic > > > cycles going when nothing else is running that make it take ten times > > > longer? > > > > What I was talking about when I mentioned scrolling was rendering. > > I'm talking about the long standing report that 'ls' takes 10 times longer on > 2.6 90% of the time you run it, and doing 'ls | cat' makes it run as fast as > 2.4. This is what Willy has been fighting with. Oh. I thought you were calling me a _moron_ :) -Mike - 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/