Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:11:39 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] USB performance bug since kernel 2.6.13 (CRITICAL???) |
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On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Gwe, 2006-10-13 am 16:30 -0700, ysgrifennodd Open Source: > > There is an ioctl that is waiting for the URB to be reaped. > > I am almost certain it is this syscall that is taking 4 ms (as > > opposed to 1 ms with CONFIG_HZ=1000). > > What does strace say about it ? This is measurable not speculation.
I completely agree with the other Alan. You don't have to guess about these things. Use strace to see what your process is doing and at the same time use usbmon to see what the USB stack is doing. Run the experiment at both 1000 Hz and 250 Hz and compare the results.
Alan Stern
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