Messages in this thread | | | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Scheduler ( was: Just a second ) ... | Date | Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:31:32 +0000 (GMT) |
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> I have a feeling that this discussion got sidetracked: cpu cycles burnt > in the scheduler indeed is non-issue, but big tasks being needlessly moved > around on SMPs is worth tackling.]
Its not a non issue - 40% of an 8 way box is a lot of lost CPU. Fixing the CPU bounce around problem also matters a lot - Ingo's speedups seen just by improving that on the current scheduler show its worth the work
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