> On 23/09/2015 17:17, lit...@null.net wrote: >>>> for a file of 167 lines. Process Explorer showed a CPU load of 20% on >>>> bash.exe, which was almost completely Kernel time. >>>> Is such high Kernel load normal? >>> >>> may be. forks are time consuming and your command is spending all the >>> time in fork >> >> So why is it spending all its time in fork? That is the question. > > https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.api.fork
That doesn't answer my question on Kernel load. Why is it fast on your machine, and slow on mine? How can I find the culprit? >> >>> In addition, I suspect your Antivirus is further slowing down the things. >> >> I don't run an Antivirus program > > than some thing else is crashing your performance > https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.using.bloda Obviously something is. The FAQ entry does not mention performance, but real failures. How to further diagnose this? Best regards, Paul -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
