Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch][rfc] quell interactive feeding frenzy | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Date | Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:07:41 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 14:14 +0200, bert hubert wrote: > On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 01:39:38PM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > Ok, unusable may be overstated. Nonetheless, that bit of code causes > > serious problems. It makes my little PIII/500 test box trying to fill > > one 100Mbit local network unusable. That is not overstated. > > If you try to make a PIII/500 fill 100mbit of TCP/IP using lots of different > processes, that IS a corner load. > > I'm sure you can fix this (rare) workload but are you very sure you are not > killing off performance for other situations?
Rare? What exactly is rare about a number of tasks serving data? I don't care if it's a P4 serving gigabit. If you have to divide your server into pieces (you do, and you know it) you're screwed.
> I get flashbacks to the old days of the VM where we had lots patches around > that would all solve (more or less) real problems, but never all at the same > time..
I choose to take the high road here, and will not respond.
-Mike
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