From: bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>
To: Sid Boyce <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.x Scheduler, preemption and responsiveness - puzzlement
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:18:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040711221818.GA30704@outpost.ds9a.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40F1BA46.9000207@blueyonder.co.uk>
On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 11:08:06PM +0100, Sid Boyce wrote:
> With the 2.6 kernel I expected that my boxes would be responsive under
> heavy loads such as exacted by updatedb. What I'm finding is that when
> updatedb and other heavy hitters are running, I'm often unable to switch
> desktops or start other tasks. I'm currently using 2.6.7-mm1, but this
Can you run vmstat 1 while this happens? Can you make your .config
available?
Output of dmesg during boot would also be great. Especially check the output
of hdparm /dev/hda - DMA might be off.
Good luck!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-11 22:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-11 22:08 2.6.x Scheduler, preemption and responsiveness - puzzlement Sid Boyce
2004-07-11 22:18 ` bert hubert [this message]
2004-07-11 22:55 ` Sid Boyce
2004-07-12 1:00 ` Alistair John Strachan
[not found] ` <20040712000137.GA3854@hobbes.itsari.int>
2004-07-12 1:06 ` Sid Boyce
2004-07-12 1:57 ` Con Kolivas
2004-07-12 9:19 ` Sid Boyce
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