Re: Linux-2.4.14-pre8..

[Linus Torvalds]

On 4 Nov 2001 [e-mail] wrote:
>
> with the complete patch (s.b.) the kernel did kill processes while running
> make -j100. So I tried only the second part of the patch (the SetPage-part)
> and here are the results (this time only the make -j100 part:
>
> 2.4.14-pre8vmscan2:   6:12.06
> 2.4.14-pre8vmscan2:   6:41.43
> 2.4.14-pre8vmscan2:   6:53.22
> 2.4.14-pre8vmscan2:   7:12.03
> 2.4.14-pre8vmscan2:   5:49.82

Good. So at least that one seems to explain (and fix) the "non-repeatable
performance".  That's the one that worried me the most in your load. It
still has some variation, but it's a _lot_ better. Thanks,

		Linus