On 22-08-08 06:15, Ingo Molnar wrote:
The frontside cache itself is in x86/urgent:
# 80c5e73: x86: fix Xorg startup/shutdown slowdown with PAT
... and should at least solve the symptom that you've hit in practice (the slowdown), without changing the underlying PAT machinery. (which would be way too dangerous for v2.6.27)
Well, please note that that specific commit only fixes X startup -- it doesn't do anything for shutdown. With only that one, I'm still at 14 seconds for X shutdown (first time after boot that is, 5 seconds subsequent shutdowns) versus 1 (or sub 1, feels immediate) normally.
It's also a black-screen "hang", so we'll probably be getting a lot of "long hang at shutdown" reports without something additionally for .27.
Venki?