Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 8 Jan 2002 15:46:20 +0000 (GMT)


> > Andrew Morten`s read-latency.patch is a clear winner for me, too.
>
> AFAIK Andrew's code simply adds schedule points around the kernel, righ=
> t?=20
>
> If so, nope, I do not plan to integrate it.

Yep. It has the most wonderful effect on system latency without actually
breaking any semantics. Pre-empt is a trickier one because it does change
actual behaviour a lot more, although it should be preserving locking
rules.

Alan
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