Messages in this thread | | | From | Andrew Theurer <> | Subject | Re: Wonderful World of Linux 2.6 - Final | Date | Thu, 18 Dec 2003 09:29:46 -0600 |
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On Wednesday 17 December 2003 23:13, Joe Pranevich wrote: > Hello, > > I haven't even seen the email yet from linux-kernel about the v2.6 > release, but if Slashdot says it's so, it *must* be true. I have just > put the finishing touches on my document describing many of the changes > in the new kernel release. If you're interested, please check it out. It > should be pretty accurate. > > Check it out: > > HTML - http://kniggit.net/wwol26.html > TEXT - http://kniggit.net/wwol26.txt
Hyperthreading:
"...that the scheduler now knows how to recognize and optimize processor loads across both real and virtual processors within a machine."
This is not true. Ingo's shared runqueue patch did not make it into 2.6, nor did Nick's scheduler domain patch. Workloads with low loads and HT will not be scheduled optimally, for example, a kernel compile with -j4 on a 4-way P4, with and without HT:
average of 10 kernel compiles with -j4 on 2.6.0-test9:
HT disabled: Elapsed: 145.086s User: 513.808s System: 44.724s CPU: 384.5% HT enabled: Elapsed: 172.463s User: 633.856s System: 48.003s CPU: 394.8%
-Andrew Theurer
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