Messages in this thread | | | From | Con Kolivas <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Re: Blender profiling-1 O16.2int | Date | Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:28:11 +1000 |
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:14, Wes Janzen wrote: > I think this problem is exacerbated when another app is competing for > the processor. The machine just pauses unless I'm also doing something > else, in this case compiling XINE. Once something is competing, it > looks like X takes an extraordinarily long time to come back into the > running queue.
Yes that is correct behaviour and to be expected.
> Is there a way to figure out when a process is spinning on a wait and
That's the trick isn't it? No there isn't or else I'd fix it in a jiffy. If someone can think of a way I'd love to know.
> exponentially decrease it's bonus if they are consecutive? I should > probably read through the source and some of these posts before I make > suggestions though, because I don't currently know much about how all > that works.
If you get a chance could you try the prerelease O17 patch against O16.3 in http://kernel.kolivas.org/2.5/experimental to see if that helps? It's purely an anti-starvation patch.
Thanks for comments.
Cheers, Con
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