-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks for all the input Ingo, Here's a list of all the permutations > > I've tried: > > one thing i noticed is that cyclesoak interferes with the netperf > workload. This is quite surprising. 'top' and 'vmstat' output is > reliable on -rt, and the overhead goes down if i stop cyclesoak. > > Ingo
I see the same effect setup Thruput CPU% cyclesoak on 2.6.21-rc5-rt8 937 74% netperf @51 hardirq @50 softirq @50 cyclesoak off 2.6.21-rc5-rt8 938 65% netperf @51 hardirq @50 softirq @50 Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/