Re: 2.5.68-mm2

Benjamin LaHaise (bcrl@redhat.com)
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 23:39:54 -0400


On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 02:47:32PM -0700, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> The performance improvement was about 25% of systime according to my
> measurements - I don't call that insignificant.

Never, ever use changes in system time as a justification for a patch. We
all know that Linux's user/system time accounting is patently unreliable.
Remember Nyquist? Talk to me about differences in wall clock and your
comments will be more interesting.

-ben
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