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Date:      Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:47:30 +0800
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Nate Eldredge <neldredge@math.ucsd.edu>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCHED_4BSD bad interactivity on 7.0 vs 6.3
Message-ID:  <20080713074730.GA93887@svzserv.kemerovo.su>
In-Reply-To: <4879563B.5090201@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.64.0807121125300.20326@zeno.ucsd.edu> <4879563B.5090201@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 03:11:23AM +0200, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> >It seems like there has been a regression in interactivity from 
> >6.3-RELEASE to 7.0-RELEASE when using the SCHED_4BSD scheduler.  After 
> >upgrading my single-cpu amd64 box, 7.0 has much worse latency.  When 
> >running a kernel compile, there is a noticeable lag to echo my typing or 
> >scroll my browser windows, and playing an mp3 frequently cuts out for a 
> >second or two.  This did not happen on 6.3-RELEASE.
> 
> Are you sure it's not the x.org server bug that was present in the 
> version shipped with 7.0?

No, it's not. I have exactly the same problem with SCHED_4BSD
after upgrade from 6.3-STABLE to 7.0-STABLE. I didn't upgrade
my x.org 6.9.0, only OS (all 6.x compat shims are installed).
There is some sort of regression, certainly.

Eugene Grosbein



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