From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ixhua-00060Y-GF for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:50:33 -0800 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1IxhuV-0001IN-W6 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:50:32 -0800 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:50:11 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar Message-ID: <20071129115011.GA30208@elte.hu> References: <20071128150637.GA5518@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <20071128182935.GA8048@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <20071129105744.GI10577@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [uml-devel] scheduling anomaly on uml (was: -rt doesn't compile for UML) List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: jdike@addtoit.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net * Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > how come UML idled for 30 msecs here, while the workload was > > supposed to be CPU-bound? It's not IO bound anywhere, right? No SMP > > artifacts either, right? > > Yes. The UML kernel is UP, and I don't think 'date' or 'bash' want to > do any disk I/O. > > Could disk I/O be blocking the tty? I think UML uses separate threads > for these, but I don't know the details. even if the workload is fully CPU bound externally - internally a request to the external (CPU-bound) thread will look like an asynchonous request - so small amounts of idle time can be within UML, legitimately. (for the amount of time it takes for the external thread to service the request) 30 msecs already sounds a bit excessive (this is on your T60 with Core2Duo, right?), and 1-2 seconds noticeable latency is definitely excessive. Ingo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel