* Mike Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I like your analysis, but how do you explain that these stalls > > vanish when __update_curr is disabled? > > When you disable __update_curr(), you're utterly destroying the > scheduler. There may well be a scheduler connection, but disabling > __update_curr() doesn't tell you anything meaningful. Basically, you're > letting all tasks run uninterrupted for just as long as they please > (which is why busy loops lock your box solid as a rock). I'd suggest > gathering some sched_debug stats or something... [...]
the output of the following would be nice: http://people.redhat.com/mingo/cfs-scheduler/tools/cfs-debug-info.sh captured while the gears are running. 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 http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/