From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267443AbUHDVpF (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Aug 2004 17:45:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267457AbUHDVpD (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Aug 2004 17:45:03 -0400 Received: from zlynx.org ([199.45.143.209]:55304 "EHLO 199.45.143.209") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267443AbUHDVoU (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Aug 2004 17:44:20 -0400 Subject: 2.6.8-rc2-mm2, staircase sched and ESD From: Zan Lynx To: LKML Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-qlnvKCgiFixtwtHqZl+u" Message-Id: <1091655857.3088.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:44:17 -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-qlnvKCgiFixtwtHqZl+u Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The 2.6.8-rc2-mm2 kernel has the staircase scheduler, right? Well, I am seeing an odd thing. At least, I think it is odd. I'm running Fedora Core 2 and playing music with Rhythmbox. When I watch top sorted by priority, I see esd slowly increase its priority until it reaches 38, then it goes back to 20. ESD is only using 1-2% CPU. This is causing a problem because doing just about anything in X, like bring up a new window or drag a window causes the sound to just stop. Why does ESD's priority keep climbing? Oh yes, this does not happen if I change /proc/sys/fs/interactive to 0.=20 When it is 0, X's priority climbs faster than ESDs and does not cause the problem. --=20 Zan Lynx --=-qlnvKCgiFixtwtHqZl+u Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBEVixG8fHaOLTWwgRAv2sAKCLAZDs7IPpm54PyNXxrYKpuz384ACgrPtF gK1VBAuI6bUM99S29TX2TOI= =REcl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qlnvKCgiFixtwtHqZl+u--