From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Jackson Subject: Re: [Lse-tech] Re: A common layer for Accounting packages Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 07:30:45 -0800 Message-ID: <20050302073045.4dfefa11.pj@sgi.com> References: <4221E548.4000008@ak.jp.nec.com> <20050227140355.GA23055@logos.cnet> <42227AEA.6050002@ak.jp.nec.com> <1109575236.8549.14.camel@frecb000711.frec.bull.fr> <20050227233943.6cb89226.akpm@osdl.org> <1109592658.2188.924.camel@jzny.localdomain> <20050228132051.GO31837@postel.suug.ch> <1109598010.2188.994.camel@jzny.localdomain> <20050228135307.GP31837@postel.suug.ch> <1109599803.2188.1014.camel@jzny.localdomain> <20050228142551.GQ31837@postel.suug.ch> <1109604693.1072.8.camel@jzny.localdomain> <20050228191759.6f7b656e@zanzibar.2ka.mipt.ru> <1109665299.8594.55.camel@frecb000711.frec.bull.fr> <42247051.7070303@ak.jp.nec.com> <1109753893.8422.127.camel@frecb000711.frec.bull.fr> <20050302010614.2a8bb483.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: guillaume.thouvenin@bull.net, kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com, johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru, hadi@cyberus.ca, tgraf@suug.ch, marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com, davem@redhat.com, jlan@sgi.com, lse-tech@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com, elsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To: Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <20050302010614.2a8bb483.akpm@osdl.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Andrew wrote: > 5-10% slowdown on fork is expected, but > why was exec slower? Thanks for the summary, Andrew. Guillaume (or anyone else tempted to do this) - it's a good idea, when posting 100 lines of data, to summarize with a line or two of words, as Andrew did here. It is far more efficient for one writer to do this, than each of a thousand readers. Hmmm ... so why was exec slower? -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.650.933.1373, 1.925.600.0401