From: Andre Tomt <andre@tomt.net>
To: John Richard Moser <nigelenki@comcast.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: printf() overhead
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:41:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41E188FE.7010609@tomt.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41E18522.7060004@comcast.net>
John Richard Moser wrote:
> using strace to run a program takes aeons. Redirecting the output to a
> file can be a hundred times faster sometimes. This raises question.
>
> I understand that output to the screen is I/O. What exactly causes it
> to be slow, and is there a possible way to accelerate the process?
The terminal is a major factor; gnome-terminal for example can be
*extremely* slow.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-09 19:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-09 19:25 printf() overhead John Richard Moser
2005-01-09 19:41 ` Andre Tomt [this message]
2005-01-09 21:16 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-10 18:33 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-01-09 20:27 ` Gene Heskett
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2005-01-09 21:24 ` Alan Curry
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