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DateMon, 4 Jun 2007 20:11:51 +0200
FromIngo Molnar <>
SubjectRe: Interesting interaction between lguest and CFS
* Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> wrote:

> With 2.6.22-rc3-mm1, I've got a long-running video transcoding going 
> on. In other windows, I'm compiling, reading email, etc. with no 
> noticeable problems.
> 
> If I fire up lguest and leave it sitting at a shell prompt for a 
> couple moments, when I return to type something at the prompt, it can 
> take 2-3 seconds for my input to echo. Once it starts responding, 
> typing latency disappears. Suspend the other app and the latency 
> disappears.

btw., does this only happen with lguest, or with other idle shells too?

perhaps lguest does something unusual when it idles? Does it fiddle 
sched_clock() in any way?

	Ingo
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