Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757797AbWKXQJb (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:09:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934505AbWKXQJb (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:09:31 -0500 Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117]:54193 "EHLO mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757797AbWKXQJa (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:09:30 -0500 Message-ID: <456718F6.8040902@lwfinger.net> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:08:22 -0600 From: Larry Finger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: LKML Subject: 2.6.19-rc5-mm1 progression Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1043 Lines: 17 Since at least the 2.6.18 development kernels, my interactive sessions have sometimes been very sluggish whenever a cpu-intensive process is running. This has been so bad that the mouse is unresponsive. The system behaved as if it were swapping; however, swapfile usage is always 0. The system has 820 MB RAM. I have not reported this problem as I really couldn't quantify it due to its intermittent nature. Recently, I needed to run 2.6.19-rc5-mm1 to check out a problem reported by a bcm43xx user. I found that even with a kernel build, a git pull, and a separate build running, the system was responsive for interactive tasks. I have not yet identified which of the -mm1 patches "fixes" the problem, but plan to do so. Is there the equivalent of 'git bisect' for the -mmX kernels? Larry - 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/