#1623: ghci: 20 wakeups per second
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Reporter: igloo | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.8
Component: Runtime System | Version: 6.6.1
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: Easy (1 hr)
Os: Unknown | Testcase:
Architecture: Unknown |
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Changes (by simonmar):
* difficulty: Unknown => Easy (1 hr)
* component: Compiler => Runtime System
Comment:
Yes, the ticker is set to always fire N times a second (default 50). It's
not "looking for input", it is used for context switching and profiling.
Also this isn't specific to GHCi; all GHC-compiled programs will do this.
We should really turn off the ticker when the system is idle.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1623>
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