From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754375AbZIHLw7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:52:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754215AbZIHLw6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:52:58 -0400 Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([93.163.65.50]:46026 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754159AbZIHLw6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:52:58 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:53:00 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Ingo Molnar Cc: mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, efault@gmx.de, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [tip:sched/core] sched: Ensure that a child can't gain time over it's parent after fork() Message-ID: <20090908115300.GW18599@kernel.dk> References: <20090908114927.GA1649@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090908114927.GA1649@elte.hu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 08 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * tip-bot for Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > Commit-ID: b5d9d734a53e0204aab0089079cbde2a1285a38f > > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/b5d9d734a53e0204aab0089079cbde2a1285a38f > > Author: Mike Galbraith > > AuthorDate: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:12:28 +0200 > > Committer: Ingo Molnar > > CommitDate: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:15:34 +0200 > > > > sched: Ensure that a child can't gain time over it's parent after fork() > > > This improves latencies of make -j kernel build workloads. > > > > Reported-by: Jens Axboe > > Jens, mind trying this patch (or latest tip:master) with your make > -j4 workload, does it improve in any way? Already booted it, makes no real difference... I'm trying with NO_HZ disabled now to see if that changes the picture. -- Jens Axboe