From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 15:52:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 15:52:34 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:44674 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 15:52:31 -0500 From: "David S. Miller" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14977.46399.167035.94694@pizda.ninka.net> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:51:11 -0800 (PST) To: Manfred Spraul Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: single copy pipe/fifo In-Reply-To: <3A81AE75.3CEF5577@colorfullife.com> In-Reply-To: <3A81AE75.3CEF5577@colorfullife.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 13) "Crater Lake" XEmacs Lucid Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Manfred Spraul writes: > * if you run 2 instances on a dual cpu P II/350 it's a big win, but if > you run only one instance, then the bw_pipe processes will jump from one > cpu to the other and it's only a small improvement (~+15%). wake_up_interruptible_sync is meant specifically to avoid this cpu hopping behavior. Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/