Re: [BENCHMARK] 2.5.63-mm2 + i/o schedulers with contest

From: Andrew Morton (akpm@digeo.com)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 03:10:32 EST


Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> wrote:
>
> Mem_load result of AS being slower was just plain weird with the result rising
> from 100 to 150 during testing.
>

Maybe we should just swap computers or something?

Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 145 user: 180 system: 18
Finished mem_load: elapsed: 146 user: 0 system: 2 loads: 5000
Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 135 user: 181 system: 17
Finished mem_load: elapsed: 136 user: 0 system: 2 loads: 4800
Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 129 user: 181 system: 17
Finished mem_load: elapsed: 130 user: 0 system: 2 loads: 4800

256MB, dual CPU, ext3/IDE.

Whereas 2.5.63+bk gives:

Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 131 user: 182 system: 17
Finished mem_load: elapsed: 131 user: 0 system: 1 loads: 4900
Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 135 user: 182 system: 17
Finished mem_load: elapsed: 135 user: 0 system: 1 loads: 4800
Finished compiling kernel: elapsed: 129 user: 182 system: 17
Finished mem_load: elapsed: 129 user: 0 system: 1 loads: 4600

Conceivably swap fragmentation, but unlikely. Is it still doing a swapoff
between runs?
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