Re: [PATCH] reduce top(1) CPU usage by an order of magnitude

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Mon Oct 25 2004 - 03:49:36 EST


Denis Vlasenko wrote:
Patch is not mine, Paulo Marques <pmarques@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote it.

I tested in on 2.6.9-rc2. top(1) CPU usage went from ~40% to ~4%
(yes, test box is a rather old piece of junk).

The patch applies cleanly to 2.6.9.

Patch is already merged.

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