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From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Douglas Leeder <douglas.leeder@sophos.com>,
	Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@sophos.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"malware-list@dmesg.printk.net" <malware-list@dmesg.printk.net>,
	"Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu" <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>,
	"greg@kroah.com" <greg@kroah.com>,
	"jcm@redhat.com" <jcm@redhat.com>,
	"tytso@mit.edu" <tytso@mit.edu>,
	"arjan@infradead.org" <arjan@infradead.org>,
	"david@lang.hm" <david@lang.hm>,
	"jengelh@medozas.de" <jengelh@medozas.de>,
	"aviro@redhat.com" <aviro@redhat.com>,
	"mrkafk@gmail.com" <mrkafk@gmail.com>,
	"alexl@redhat.com" <alexl@redhat.com>,
	"a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl" <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	"hch@infradead.org" <hch@infradead.org>,
	"alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"mmorley@hcl.in" <mmorley@hcl.in>
Subject: Re: fanotify - overall design before I start sending patches
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:59:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090807085902.GB24689@shareable.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090806102252.GG31370@elf.ucw.cz>

Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Thu 2009-08-06 11:20:57, Douglas Leeder wrote:
> > You mean that in 5 seconds, you won't have any point when you can tell
> > the kernel, "I'm still working"?
> 
> Yes. Try make -j on your machine one day.

Ironically, some users report that Tracker (which uses inotify, hence
the irony) can make their system unresponsive for more than 5 seconds. :-)

-- Jamie

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From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Douglas Leeder <douglas.leeder@sophos.com>,
	Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@sophos.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"malware-list@dmesg.printk.net" <malware-list@dmesg.printk.net>,
	"Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu" <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>,
	"greg@kroah.com" <greg@kroah.com>,
	"jcm@redhat.com" <jcm@redhat.com>,
	"tytso@mit.edu" <tytso@mit.edu>,
	"arjan@infradead.org" <arjan@infradead.org>,
	"david@lang.hm" <david@lang.hm>,
	"jengelh@medozas.de" <jengelh@medozas.de>,
	"aviro@redhat.com" <aviro@redhat.com>,
	"mrkafk@gmail.com" <mrkafk@gmail.com>,
	"alexl@redhat.com" <alexl@redhat.com>,
	"a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl" <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	"hch@infradead.org" <hch@infradead.org>,
	"alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"mmorley@hcl.in" <mmorle
Subject: Re: fanotify - overall design before I start sending patches
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:59:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090807085902.GB24689@shareable.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090806102252.GG31370@elf.ucw.cz>

Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Thu 2009-08-06 11:20:57, Douglas Leeder wrote:
> > You mean that in 5 seconds, you won't have any point when you can tell
> > the kernel, "I'm still working"?
> 
> Yes. Try make -j on your machine one day.

Ironically, some users report that Tracker (which uses inotify, hence
the irony) can make their system unresponsive for more than 5 seconds. :-)

-- Jamie

  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-07  8:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-24 20:13 fanotify - overall design before I start sending patches Eric Paris
2009-07-24 20:13 ` Eric Paris
2009-07-24 20:48 ` david
2009-07-24 20:48   ` david-gFPdbfVZQbY
2009-07-24 21:01   ` Eric Paris
2009-07-24 21:01     ` Eric Paris
2009-07-24 21:44     ` Jamie Lokier
2009-07-27 17:52       ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-07-29 20:11         ` Eric Paris
2009-07-24 21:00 ` Andreas Dilger
2009-07-24 21:00   ` Andreas Dilger
2009-07-24 21:21   ` Eric Paris
2009-07-24 22:42     ` Andreas Dilger
2009-07-24 23:01       ` Jamie Lokier
2009-07-24 22:48 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-07-24 23:25   ` Eric Paris
2009-07-24 23:25     ` Eric Paris
2009-07-24 23:46     ` Jamie Lokier
2009-07-24 23:49   ` Eric Paris
2009-07-24 23:49     ` Eric Paris
2009-07-25  0:29     ` Jamie Lokier
2009-07-27 18:33       ` Andreas Dilger
2009-07-27 19:23         ` Jamie Lokier
2009-07-28 17:59           ` Andreas Dilger
2009-07-29 20:14           ` Eric Paris
2009-07-29 20:14             ` Eric Paris
2009-07-29 20:12         ` Eric Paris
2009-07-29 20:12           ` Eric Paris
2009-07-29 20:07       ` Eric Paris
2009-07-27 16:54   ` Jan Kara
2009-07-27 16:54     ` Jan Kara
2009-07-25 14:22 ` Niraj kumar
2009-07-25 14:22   ` Niraj kumar
2009-07-29 20:08   ` Eric Paris
2009-07-28 11:48 ` Jon Masters
2009-07-29 20:20   ` Eric Paris
2009-07-29 20:20     ` Eric Paris
2009-08-03 16:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-08-03 16:55   ` Eric Paris
2009-08-03 16:55     ` Eric Paris
2009-08-03 18:04     ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-08-03 18:13       ` Eric Paris
2009-08-03 18:13         ` Eric Paris
2009-08-04 16:09 ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2009-08-04 16:09   ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2009-08-04 16:27   ` Eric Paris
2009-08-04 16:27     ` Eric Paris
2009-08-04 16:39     ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2009-08-04 17:22     ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-08-04 17:22       ` Valdis.Kletnieks-PjAqaU27lzQ
2009-08-04 18:20       ` John Stoffel
2009-08-04 18:20         ` John Stoffel
2009-08-04 18:50         ` Eric Paris
2009-08-04 18:50           ` Eric Paris
2009-08-05  9:32         ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2009-08-05  9:32           ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2009-08-04 16:34 ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2009-08-05 10:12   ` Douglas Leeder
2009-08-05 10:12     ` Douglas Leeder
2009-08-05 10:35   ` Douglas Leeder
2009-08-05  2:05 ` Pavel Machek
2009-08-05 16:46   ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2009-08-06 10:10     ` Pavel Machek
2009-08-06 10:10       ` Pavel Machek
2009-08-06 10:20       ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2009-08-06 10:24         ` Pavel Machek
2009-08-06 10:20       ` Douglas Leeder
2009-08-06 10:20         ` Douglas Leeder
2009-08-06 10:22         ` Pavel Machek
2009-08-07  8:59           ` Jamie Lokier [this message]
2009-08-07  8:59             ` Jamie Lokier
2009-08-06 10:29         ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-06 10:59           ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2009-08-06 10:59             ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2009-08-06 11:23             ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-06 12:48               ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2009-08-06 12:58                 ` Alan Cox
2009-08-06 12:58                   ` Alan Cox
2009-08-06 18:18                   ` Eric Paris
2009-08-06 18:18                     ` Eric Paris
2009-08-06 13:50               ` Kernel Event Notification Subsystem (was: fanotify - overall design before I start sending patches) Al Boldi
2009-08-06 13:50               ` Al Boldi
2009-08-06 13:50               ` Al Boldi
2009-08-06 18:18               ` fanotify - overall design before I start sending patches Eric Paris
2009-08-06 18:18                 ` Eric Paris
2009-08-07 16:36                 ` Miklos Szeredi
2009-08-07 17:43                   ` Eric Paris
2009-08-07 17:43                     ` Eric Paris
2009-08-08 10:36                     ` Pavel Machek
2009-08-10 10:03                     ` Miklos Szeredi
2009-08-08 10:34                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-08-08 10:34                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-08-06 11:24             ` Pavel Machek
2009-08-06 11:24               ` Pavel Machek

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