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From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BENCHMARK] 2.5.63-mm2 + i/o schedulers with contest
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:20:19 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200303041920.19534.kernel@kolivas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030304001032.034f60fa.akpm@digeo.com>

On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 07:10 pm, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> wrote:
> > Mem_load result of AS being slower was just plain weird with the result
> > rising from 100 to 150 during testing.
>
> Maybe we should just swap computers or something?

Well bugger me all I can do is report the results I get, and I filter them a 
_lot_. I don't want to lead you up the garden path any more than you want to 
travel it.

>
> Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 145 user: 180 system: 18
> Finished mem_load: elapsed: 146 user: 0 system: 2 loads: 5000
> Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 135 user: 181 system: 17
> Finished mem_load: elapsed: 136 user: 0 system: 2 loads: 4800
> Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 129 user: 181 system: 17
> Finished mem_load: elapsed: 130 user: 0 system: 2 loads: 4800
>
> 256MB, dual CPU, ext3/IDE.
>
> Whereas 2.5.63+bk gives:
>
> Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 131 user: 182 system: 17
> Finished mem_load: elapsed: 131 user: 0 system: 1 loads: 4900
> Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 135 user: 182 system: 17
> Finished mem_load: elapsed: 135 user: 0 system: 1 loads: 4800
> Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 129 user: 182 system: 17
> Finished mem_load: elapsed: 129 user: 0 system: 1 loads: 4600
>
> Conceivably swap fragmentation, but unlikely.  Is it still doing a swapoff
> between runs?

Yes it should be doing it.

Con

  reply	other threads:[~2003-03-04  8:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-03-04  2:54 [BENCHMARK] 2.5.63-mm2 + i/o schedulers with contest Con Kolivas
2003-03-04  4:18 ` Nick Piggin
2003-03-04  5:15   ` Con Kolivas
2003-03-04  5:26     ` Nick Piggin
2003-03-04  5:29       ` Con Kolivas
2003-03-04  8:10 ` Andrew Morton
2003-03-04  8:20   ` Con Kolivas [this message]
2003-03-05  6:02   ` Con Kolivas

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