Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765148AbXHXO5w (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:57:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755456AbXHXO5o (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:57:44 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:54403 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754044AbXHXO5n (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:57:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:57:43 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Frederik Himpe Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CFS + Rhythmbox audio skipping Message-ID: <20070824145743.GA24701@elte.hu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -1.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1266 Lines: 30 * Frederik Himpe wrote: > Some time ago, it was already discussed here that Rhythmbox would > easily cause audio skipping when running with the CFS scheduler > (http:// bhhdoa.org.au/pipermail/ck/2007-June/007886.html). It was > said to be a Rhythmbox problem, for which someone needed to open a bug > report. Well, I just did this, but the developer says he cannot > reproduce this, and denies that Rhythmbox is making any X calls in its > audio playback thread, so this bug is blocked for the moment. > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=467437 > > It seems that there are people who know better what is wrong exactly. > Can somebody give some more details about what Rhythmbox is doing > wrong, either here, either in the bug ticket? could you first check whether CFS v20.3: http://people.redhat.com/mingo/cfs-scheduler/ is it still showing the same symptoms with rhythmbox? If yes, what kind of load of yours is typically causing the Rhythmbox skipping? x11perf? Ingo - 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/