From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262623AbUKBM6u (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 07:58:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262549AbUKBM6s (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 07:58:48 -0500 Received: from mx1.elte.hu ([157.181.1.137]:25219 "EHLO mx1.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262992AbUKBM63 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 07:58:29 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 13:59:30 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Con Kolivas Cc: linux , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove interactive credit Message-ID: <20041102125930.GJ15290@elte.hu> References: <418707CD.1080903@kolivas.org> <20041102123746.GB15290@elte.hu> <41878057.9000302@kolivas.org> <20041102124648.GF15290@elte.hu> <41878249.7040104@kolivas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41878249.7040104@kolivas.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-ELTE-SpamVersion: MailScanner 4.31.6-itk1 (ELTE 1.2) SpamAssassin 2.63 ClamAV 0.73 X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-4.9, required 5.9, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -4.90 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamScore: -4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Con Kolivas wrote: > >yeah, i know, it was the only piece of code from your earlier -Oint > >scheduler-fixup series i almost didnt ack. But now it's in and testing > >needs to cross at least one stable kernel boundary before it can be > >taken out again. (unless a patch is an obvious or important fix.) > > I've been extensively testing it at this end and recommend giving it a > good -mm run. I'm reasonably sure it's related to some of the > disproportionate cpu usage reports we've seen with some of those bash > script examples (can't recall the details now so I'll need to chase > them up). If I didn't suspect it was an issue I wouldn't be keen to > undo something either. i'm too quite positive about the expected effects. -mm testing will tell. Ingo