Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:51:35 -0700 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.9-rc1-mm1 |
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--On Friday, August 27, 2004 10:46:45 +1000 Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> wrote:
> Nuno Silva wrote: >> Con Kolivas wrote: >>> If you're talking about using the embedded image viewer in kde, that >>> spins on wait and wastes truckloads of cpu (a perfect example of poor >>> coding). Try loading it an external viewer and it will be 1000 times >>> faster. If you're talking about it keeping the disk too busy on the >>> other hand, that's I/O scheduling. >>> >> >> The question is: "can a poorly coded app hang the system for 30secs?" >> >> That's a DoS ;-) > > It does not hang the system, only it's dependant tasks (ie other kde thingies)
the display app (not KDE), however, at least seems to deny X of enough time that the mouse cursor won't move. Much badness! ;-)
M.
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