From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271345AbTGQIuY (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 04:50:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271347AbTGQIuY (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 04:50:24 -0400 Received: from us01smtp1.synopsys.com ([198.182.44.79]:63655 "EHLO boden.synopsys.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271345AbTGQIuV (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 04:50:21 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:05:08 +0200 From: Alex Riesen To: Con Kolivas Cc: linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH] O6int for interactivity Message-ID: <20030717090508.GE13611@Synopsys.COM> Reply-To: alexander.riesen@synopsys.COM Mail-Followup-To: Con Kolivas , linux kernel mailing list References: <200307170030.25934.kernel@kolivas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200307170030.25934.kernel@kolivas.org> Organization: Synopsys, Inc. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Con Kolivas, Wed, Jul 16, 2003 16:30:25 +0200: > O*int patches trying to improve the interactivity of the 2.5/6 scheduler for > desktops. It appears possible to do this without moving to nanosecond > resolution. > > This one makes a massive difference... Please test this to death. > tar ztf file.tar.gz and make something somehow do not like each other. Usually it is tar, which became very slow. And listings of directories are slow if system is under load (about 3), too (most annoying). UP P3-700, preempt. 2.6.0-test1-mm1 + O6-int.