Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 23 May 2004 19:38:56 +1000 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4 VS 2.6 fork VS thread creation time test |
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Gergely Czuczy wrote: > On Sun, 23 May 2004, Nick Piggin wrote: > > >>Gergely Czuczy wrote: >>
>>>Box B is a lot better, but it doesn't metter according to the test, >>>because the aim was to get the ratio of the two times with different >>>sample rates. >>> >> >>Even so, you really should be using the same system if you want >>comparable results. The pentium 4 in particular can do worse at >>specific things in microbenchmarks. > > It doesn't matter. That's why you should look at the "ratio" at the end > and not on the pure numbers, they are just bonus "information" >
I understand that... but the P4 might execute the fork test relatively slower than the thread test compared to the P3.
Different CPU architectures, cache types and sizes, memory to CPU speeds, etc. might all have some influcene on the ratio. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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