* Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ooh, more performance testing. Thanks > > > * The overwriter task (on an 8GiB file), average over 10 runs: > > o 2.6.24 - 300.88226 seconds > > o 2.6.24 + Arjan's patch - 403.85505 seconds > > > > * The read-a-different-kernel-tree task, average over 10 runs: > > o 2.6.24 - 46.8145945549 seconds > > o 2.6.24 + Arjan's patch - 39.6430601119 seconds > > > > * The large-linear-read task (on an 8GiB file), average over 10 runs: > > o 2.6.24 - 290.32522 seconds > > o 2.6.24 + Arjan's patch - 386.34860 seconds > > These are *large* differences, making this a very signifcant patch. > Much care is needed now.
and the numbers suggest it's mostly a severe performance regression. That's not what i have expected - ho hum. Apologies for my earlier "please merge it already!" whining. Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/