Author: Frank E. Oldham
Date: 01:20:42 12/18/02
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On December 17, 2002 at 16:50:05, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 17, 2002 at 16:39:14, Frank E. Oldham wrote: > >>http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/Hyperthread_Scheduler_Modifications.html >> >>discusses scheduler improvements needed to avoid the problem Vincent encountered >>with 2 processes plus HT-enabled -- and other issues >> >>AFAIK there are already test patches for some of these changes available > > >This has been a known issue. I raised it about 6 weeks ago with Alan (Cox) on >the linux >kernel-SMP mailing list. The locks were fixed early as he reported. The >scheduler changes >were not done at the point I asked... > >I don't follow the normal kernel mailing list as it is too busy. Glad to see >that something is >"in the works." > >I might try the latest development kernel to see what happens... Check out http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=391 for details on HT-aware scheduler patch to 2.5.31 Some benchmarks at http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=406
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