Messages in this thread | | | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Subject | Re: [PATCH]O18.1int | Date | Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:34:57 +0200 |
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Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> writes:
>> > XEmacs still spins after running a background job like make or grep. >> > It's fine if I reverse patch-O16.2-O16.3. The spinning doesn't happen >> > as often, or as long time as with O16.3, but it's there and it's >> > irritating. >> >> another example is RXVT (an X terminal emulator). Starts spinnig after >> it's child has exited. Not always, but annoyingly often. System is >> almost locked while it spins (calling select). > > What does vanilla kernel do with these apps running? Both immediately after > the apps have started up and some time (>1 min) after they've been running?
Vanilla test1 has the spin effect. Test2 doesn't. I haven't tried vanilla test3 or test4. As I've said, the O16.2-O16.3 patch introduced the problem. With that patch reversed, everything is fine. What problem does that patch fix?
-- Måns Rullgård mru@users.sf.net
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