Hi Avleen, On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Avleen Vig <avl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I *think* this is the right place to ask this, and apologies if it's not > (is there a better place?). > > We have checks which read /proc/slabinfo once a minute, and have noticed > that this causes the entire system to stall for a few milliseconds. > It's long enough that it causes noticeable delays in latency-sensitive > applications (between 10ms and 100ms). > > Is this a known condition? Are there work arounds or other ways to get the > slab allocation data which don't cause stalls?
What kernel version are you using? What does your .config look like? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
