From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 03:21:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 03:21:12 -0500 Received: from mx1.elte.hu ([157.181.1.137]:11672 "HELO mx1.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 03:21:10 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:31:28 +0100 (CET) From: Ingo Molnar Reply-To: Ingo Molnar To: Mike Galbraith Cc: Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , , Subject: Re: [patch] "HT scheduler", sched-2.5.63-B3 In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030307092747.00cf64b0@pop.gmx.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Mike Galbraith wrote: > Oh, it's definitely _much_ better than .virgin. I didn't mean to imply > that damage was done ;-) With .virgin, I have a _heck_ of a time > grabbing the build window to kill it. With combo, rodent jerkiness > makes it hard to find/grab, and multisecond stalls are still there, but > much improved. ok! [breathing lighter]. could you still try the renice -10 thing with the combo patch, to see how much of this thing is X actually not getting enough timeslices, vs. other effects (such as X applications not getting enough timeslices)? Ingo