Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 07:01:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 07:01:42 -0500 Received: from elin.scali.no ([62.70.89.10]:19979 "EHLO elin.scali.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 07:01:33 -0500 Message-ID: <3C5E7808.61564FD1@scali.com> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 13:01:12 +0100 From: Steffen Persvold X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.9-ac18 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mingo@elte.hu CC: Jens Axboe , lkml Subject: Re: Short question regarding generic_make_request() In-Reply-To: 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 Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > this shows some sort of wakeup or softirq handling irregularity. A number > of softirq latency bugs were fixed, i'd suggest to try this with any > recent kernel (or recent errata kernel rpms). > I just testet the latest RedHat errata kernel (2.4.9-21) and it performs badly with a kernel thread. Is there a simple patch out there that fixes this problem on a 2.4.9 kernel (I guess it's only related to the network stack) so that I can send it to RedHat's bugzilla system ? Regards, -- Steffen Persvold | Scalable Linux Systems | Try out the world's best mailto:sp@scali.com | http://www.scali.com | performing MPI implementation: Tel: (+47) 2262 8950 | Olaf Helsets vei 6 | - ScaMPI 1.13.8 - Fax: (+47) 2262 8951 | N0621 Oslo, NORWAY | >320MBytes/s and <4uS latency - 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/