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From: walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Preemptible Big Kernel Lock?
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:48:57 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050110172910.F49234@x9.ybpnyarg> (raw)

I've been running the P-BKL all day and I've been very
happy with it so far.

I've found the machine to be very responsive and smooth
during compilation of large programs, playback of audio/
video, all the usual stuff I do on my desktop machine.

The problem is:  the same machine was also great two
days ago, before the preemptible BKL -- the best it's
been for years.  I can't tell the difference, and I
had no complaints even before this update.

Two questions:

Would I expect to see a difference on a uni-processor
machine?  (That's all I have.)

What kind of testing could I do to demonstrate the
difference?


             reply	other threads:[~2005-01-11  1:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-11  1:48 walt [this message]
2005-01-11  7:46 ` Preemptible Big Kernel Lock? Arjan van de Ven

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