Don't think so, mine is a vanilla kernel from kernel.org Dave On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 16:03, Dirk Lutzebaeck wrote: > Could this be related to the O(1) scheduler backpatches from 2.6 to 2.4 > kernel on newer 2.4er distros (RedHat, SuSE)? > > > Tom Lane wrote: > > >Joe Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >>>Improve spinlock code for recent x86 processors: insert a PAUSE > >>>instruction in the s_lock() wait loop, and use test before test-and-set > >>>in TAS() macro to avoid unnecessary bus traffic. Patch from Manfred > >>>Spraul, reworked a bit by Tom. > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > >>I thought this had been committed to the 7.4 stable branch as well, but > >>it appears not. > >> > >> > > > >I am currently chasing what seems to be the same issue: massive context > >swapping on a dual Xeon system. I tried back-patching the above-mentioned > >patch ... it helps a little but by no means solves the problem ... > > > > regards, tom lane > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > > > !DSPAM:408535ce93801252113544! > > -- Dave Cramer 519 939 0336 ICQ # 14675561
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