* Matt Mackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With 2.6.22-rc3-mm1, I've got a long-running video transcoding going > on. In other windows, I'm compiling, reading email, etc. with no > noticeable problems. > > If I fire up lguest and leave it sitting at a shell prompt for a > couple moments, when I return to type something at the prompt, it can > take 2-3 seconds for my input to echo. Once it starts responding, > typing latency disappears. Suspend the other app and the latency > disappears. > > The system isn't swapping and has basically no I/O load.
could you send me the /proc/PID/sched file of that task which shows this 2-3 seconds delay? (if it's a shell and a graphical terminal then please send the sched-debug file of both.) I suspect the latency goes away if you strace -f the shell task(s)? If not then please send the strace output too. Ingo - 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/