From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752733Ab1AVLT6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:19:58 -0500 Received: from www17.your-server.de ([213.133.104.17]:41722 "EHLO www17.your-server.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751742Ab1AVLT5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:19:57 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.6.37-08009-ge6f597a "feels" slow - rhythmbox skips audio From: Thomas Meyer To: walt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <1295395790.3327.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:17:18 +0100 Message-ID: <1295695038.2120.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 (2.32.1-1.fc14) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-Sender: thomas@m3y3r.de Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Am Mittwoch, den 19.01.2011, 08:33 -0800 schrieb walt: > On 01/18/2011 04:09 PM, Thomas Meyer wrote: > > hi, > > > > kernel version 2.6.37-08009-ge6f597a "feels" slow and background audio > > skips/stalls when performing some cpu (and/or io?) intensive tasks like > > a kernel compile or grepping for a string in the kernel source or > > upgrading the system via yum upgrade. > > > > I didn't see this behaviour with 2.6.37 (and previous versions) on my UP > > system. > > I see the same on my UP machine (but not SMP) when using the new > SCHED_AUTOGROUP feature. Do you have that enabled? Yes, I *had* SCHED_AUTOGROUP enabled. After disabling it, the machine is back to normal speed. kind regards thomas PS: CC me please as I'm not subscribed to the list.