From: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Suspend2][ 1/2] [Suspend2] Disable load updating during suspending.
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:16:03 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200606272216.07960.nigel@suspend2.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060627120740.GA3019@elf.ucw.cz>
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Hi.
On Tuesday 27 June 2006 22:07, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > Suspend2 uses the cpu very intensively, with the result that the load
> > average can be quite high when a cycle has just completed. This in turn
> > can cause problems with mail delivery and other activities that suspend
> > activities when the load average gets too high. To avoid this, we suspend
> > updates of the load average while the freezer is on.
>
> If we want to do this at all... why not simply set load average to
> zero when resume is done?
>
> After all, system probably was completely idle for quite a while :-).
Yeah, that's a possibility. Neither seems inherently better to me. Maybe
others will come up with an argument for one or the other?
Regards,
Nigel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-27 12:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-26 16:38 [Suspend2][ 0/2] Freezer Upgrade Nigel Cunningham
2006-06-26 16:38 ` [Suspend2][ 1/2] [Suspend2] Disable load updating during suspending Nigel Cunningham
2006-06-27 12:07 ` Pavel Machek
2006-06-27 12:16 ` Nigel Cunningham [this message]
2006-06-27 12:35 ` Andreas Mohr
2006-06-26 16:38 ` [Suspend2][ 2/2] [Suspend2] Freezer upgrade Nigel Cunningham
2006-06-26 20:01 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-06-26 22:48 ` Nigel Cunningham
2006-06-27 11:09 ` Pavel Machek
2006-06-27 12:13 ` Nigel Cunningham
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