From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 13:35:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 13:35:48 -0400 Received: from blackbird.intercode.com.au ([203.32.101.10]:29446 "EHLO blackbird.intercode.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 13:35:47 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 03:40:22 +1000 (EST) From: James Morris To: Linus Torvalds cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Performance issue in 2.5.32+ In-Reply-To: <200209081545.g88FjQZ10714@penguin.transmeta.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote: > That "something else" may be some process that is constantly running one > one CPU or something. > > Maybe something got confused by the kernel change, and is now getting > stuck in the background? Not as far as I can tell. The system is RH 7.3 with errata, and I've run the tests again after shutting down everything except console login with no change. No processes seem to be running abnormally. I guess it could be an existing hardware problem which has been triggered by some innocuous change. - James -- James Morris