From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751239AbWALGys (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:54:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751247AbWALGys (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:54:48 -0500 Received: from omta05ps.mx.bigpond.com ([144.140.83.195]:10636 "EHLO omta05ps.mx.bigpond.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751239AbWALGys (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:54:48 -0500 Message-ID: <43C5FD35.6080605@bigpond.net.au> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:54:45 +1100 From: Peter Williams User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Con Kolivas CC: "Martin J. Bligh" , Martin Bligh , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , apw@shadowen.org Subject: Re: -mm seems significanty slower than mainline on kernbench References: <43C45BDC.1050402@google.com> <43C5B945.3000903@google.com> <43C5F8C8.60908@mbligh.org> <200601121741.36042.kernel@kolivas.org> In-Reply-To: <200601121741.36042.kernel@kolivas.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at omta05ps.mx.bigpond.com from [147.10.133.38] using ID pwil3058@bigpond.net.au at Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:54:46 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Con Kolivas wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:35 pm, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > >>Martin Bligh wrote: >> >>>>This is a shot in the dark. We haven't confirmed 1. there is a >>>>problem 2. that this is the problem nor 3. that this patch will fix >>>>the problem. I say we wait for the results of 1. If the improved smp >>>>nice handling patch ends up being responsible then it should not be >>>>merged upstream, and then this patch can be tested on top. >>>> >>>>Martin I know your work move has made it not your responsibility to >>>>test backing out this change, but are you aware of anything being >>>>done to test this hypothesis? >> >>OK, backing out that patch seems to fix it. Thanks Andy ;-) > > > Yes thanks! > > I just noticed the result myself and emailed on another branch of this email > thread. Gah It would nice to get a run with the patch back in and my fix applied. Peter -- Peter Williams pwil3058@bigpond.net.au "Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious." -- Ambrose Bierce