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From: Mario Vanoni <vanonim@dial.eunet.ch>
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CC: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
Subject: Re: 2.2.18 vanilla on SMP, latency WORKAROUND
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Mario Vanoni wrote:
> 
> Same latencies as 2.2.16 and 2.2.17 vanilla,
> over 75 seconds to wait on an other screen!
> And top(1) on a serial VT510 freezes.
> 
> Machine loaded with 2 setiathome and
> Doug Ledford's memtest.
> 
> ASUS P2B-DS Dual PIII550 1024MB memory,
> only SCSI devices (no IDE!).
> 
> Andrea Arcangeli's ..17pre6aa2, ..18pre17aa1
> and ..18pre21aa2 reduced the latency <2 secs.
> 
> Regards
> Mario Vanoni
> 
> PS If necessary, cc, not in lkml!

Patched with Andrea's 2.2.18aa1, with more loads,
latency always minor 1-2 seconds.
Impossible to reproduce 75 seconds!

Mario
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