Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-04-02 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 12:34 +1000, Con Kolivas wrote: > On Saturday 31 March 2007 19:28, Xenofon Antidides wrote: > > For long time now I use windows to work > > problems. I cannot play wine games with audio, I > > cannot sample video, I cannot use skype, I cannot play > > midi. And even linux onl

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-04-02 Thread Con Kolivas
On Saturday 31 March 2007 19:28, Xenofon Antidides wrote: > For long time now I use windows to work > problems. I cannot play wine games with audio, I > cannot sample video, I cannot use skype, I cannot play > midi. And even linux only things I try do I cannot > share my X, I cannot use more than

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-04-02 Thread Con Kolivas
On Thursday 29 March 2007 21:22, Ingo Molnar wrote: > [ A quick guess: could SD's substandard interactivity in this test be > due to the SMP migration logic inconsistencies Mike noticed? This is > an SMP system and the hackbench workload is very scheduling intense > and tasks are frequently q

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-31 Thread Ingo Molnar
Xenofon, could you tell us a bit more about the specs of your system? What CPU speed for example? (i suspect it's a single-CPU box, right?) 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

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-31 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Xenofon Antidides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] I cannot play wine games with audio, I cannot sample video, I > cannot use skype, I cannot play midi. And even linux only things I try > do I cannot share my X, I cannot use more than one vmware. [...] strange - i can do such things (and o

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-31 Thread Xenofon Antidides
--- Mike Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:41 -0700, Xenofon Antidides > wrote: > > > Patch makes X yuck with any load. I stick with SD. > > Shrug. My milage is different, but hey, it's a work > in progress. If SD > ever gets to the point that it actually deliver

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 08:31 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:41 -0700, Xenofon Antidides wrote: > > > Patch makes X yuck with any load. I stick with SD. General comment directed at nobody in particular: If anyone thinks the current scheduler sucks rocks, maybe they should

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:41 -0700, Xenofon Antidides wrote: > Patch makes X yuck with any load. I stick with SD. Shrug. My milage is different, but hey, it's a work in progress. If SD ever gets to the point that it actually delivers what it claims, I may join you. In the meantime, IMHO mainlin

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 05:42 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: > Yesterday, I piddled around with tracking interactive backlog as a way > to detect when the load isn't really an interactive load, that's very > simple and has potential. Kinda like the patch below (though it can all be done slow path), o

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-30 Thread Xenofon Antidides
--- Mike Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 19:36 -0700, Xenofon Antidides > wrote: > > > Something different on many cpus? Sorry I was > thinking > > something other. I try 50% run + 50% sleep on one > cpu > > and mainline has big problem. Sorry for bad code I > > copy

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-30 Thread Nick Piggin
ject: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL * Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm cautiously optimistic that we're at the thin edge of the bugfix wedge now. [...] and the numbers he posted: http://m

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 05:23 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 19:36 -0700, Xenofon Antidides wrote: > > > Something different on many cpus? Sorry I was thinking > > something other. I try 50% run + 50% sleep on one cpu > > and mainline has big problem. Sorry for bad code I > > c

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 19:36 -0700, Xenofon Antidides wrote: > Something different on many cpus? Sorry I was thinking > something other. I try 50% run + 50% sleep on one cpu > and mainline has big problem. Sorry for bad code I > copy bits to make it work. Start program first then > run bash 100% cp

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-30 Thread Xenofon Antidides
list ; > Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mike > Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:22:49 PM > > Subject: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: > vanilla versus SD/RSDL > > > > > > * Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Galbraith
; > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:22:49 PM > Subject: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL > > > * Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm cautiousl

Re: [test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-30 Thread Xenofon Antidides
- Original Message From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: linux list ; Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mike Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:22:49 PM Subject: [test] hackbench.c interactivity

[test] hackbench.c interactivity results: vanilla versus SD/RSDL

2007-03-29 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm cautiously optimistic that we're at the thin edge of the bugfix > > wedge now. [...] > and the numbers he posted: > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=117448900626028&w=2 > > his test conclusion