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Subject: Re: tbench regression with 2.6.33-rc1
From: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
To: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:14:52 +0100
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On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 11:13 +0800, Lin Ming wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 10:33 +0800, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 09:09 +0800, Lin Ming wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 00:16 +0800, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > 
> > > > I've been all through it too, same result.  The below may make a bit of
> > > > difference, but really has diddly spit to do with this oddity.
> > > 
> > > I test this patch applied to 2.6.33-rc3, but no help on tbench
> > > regression.
> > 
> > Did you try it with the vmark fix also applied?  I would have expected
> > at least a _little_ improvement.  (but then this regression _is_ a bit
> > odd anyway)
> 
> I re-tested with both patches applied, but still no help.

OK, thanks.

> BTW, why do you call that patch "vmark" fix? :)
> I just wonder what "vmark" means.

Oh, that's volanomark.  It put itself in directory vmark2.5.0.9, so it's
vmark ;-)

	-Mike