Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 01:17:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 01:17:11 -0500 Received: from vasquez.zip.com.au ([203.12.97.41]:6159 "EHLO vasquez.zip.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 01:17:08 -0500 Message-ID: <3C0875DA.A54BC89E@zip.com.au> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:16:58 -0800 From: Andrew Morton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.17-pre1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: war CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Is it normal for freezing while... In-Reply-To: <3C085B04.50ABE0B5@starband.net> <3C0867A3.5119D2BC@zip.com.au> <3C087023.9683B8AF@starband.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org war wrote: > > Wow, responsiveness is wonderful with these patches. yup. Thanks for testing... > Will they make it into 2.4.17, (ie: I've seen the -pre2 changelog, did > you incorporate them into -pre2)? > Even throughout the entire dd, it remained responsive > (mouse/cursor/network/etc). Well, this is a stable kernel, and the patch does adversely affect overall throughput. There are two changes to the elevator in that patch. One is a modest speedup for all workloads which, frankly, I'm inclined to drop. The other is the part which gives the improved responsiveness. Being a cautious chap, I think I'll submit that patch, with the default setting to "off", so there is no change to default kernel behaviour. Then people can run `elvtune -b' to enable it. - - 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/