Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 15:42:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 15:42:25 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:6282 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 15:42:08 -0500 Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 12:42:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20011207.124202.48805183.davem@redhat.com> To: ak@suse.de Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: horrible disk thorughput on itanium From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <9upmqm$7p4$1@penguin.transmeta.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.0 on Emacs 21.0 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 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 From: Andi Kleen Date: 07 Dec 2001 14:54:49 +0100 It is a common problem on all OS that eventually got threadsafe stdio. I bet putc sucks on Solaris too. Nope, they even inline the full implementation it in their header files so they beat even our putc_unlocked() to the point it is embarassing. - 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/