Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:11:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:09:56 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:38416 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:08:19 -0500 Subject: Re: Scheduler ( was: Just a second ) ... To: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:17:58 +0000 (GMT) Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), riel@conectiva.com.br (Rik van Riel), davidel@xmailserver.org (Davide Libenzi), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Kernel Mailing List) In-Reply-To: from "Linus Torvalds" at Dec 18, 2001 09:00:47 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > The scheduler is eating 40-60% of the machine on real world 8 cpu workloads. > > That isn't going to go away by sticking heads in sand. > > Did you _read_ what I said? > > We _have_ patches. You apparently have your own set. I did read that mail - but somewhat later. Right now Im scanning l/k every few days no more. As to my stuff - everything I propose different to ibm/davide is about cost/speed of ordering or minor optimisations. I don't plan to compete and duplicate work - 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/