Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756818AbWKSRpE (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:45:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756819AbWKSRpE (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:45:04 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:49365 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1756818AbWKSRpB (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:45:01 -0500 Subject: Re: Sluggish system responsiveness on I/O From: Lee Revell To: Mike Galbraith Cc: Christian , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1163922694.7504.42.camel@Homer.simpson.net> References: <200611181412.29144.christiand59@web.de> <1163922694.7504.42.camel@Homer.simpson.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:44:47 -0500 Message-Id: <1163958288.22176.82.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 571 Lines: 15 On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 08:51 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote: > That makes sense, I/O tasks don't generally hold the cpu for extended > periods, whereas a cpu bound task does. So what can we do about I/O intensive tasks that also want a lot of CPU, for example, the bloatier Gnome/KDE apps? Evolution is the worst for me. Lee - 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/