> From: Amit Kulkarni <amitk...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 17:57:49 -0500 > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Bob <n...@whitemesa.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm also interested in hearing from more people using multi-threaded > >> applications. > >> > > > > I applied the patch to my old core duo p7570 running CURRENT/amd64. > > Firefox is more responsive and youtube videos, previously impossible to > > watch, run smoothly, even in full screen. Sumultaneously did some photo > > editing work in gimp, ran gigabyte sized file transfers with sftp and took > > a CVS update on ports without any hiccups. Browsing in Firefox remained > > smooth although I heard a few glitchs in audio playback when scrolling > > while a busy page was still loading, with load average hovering around 2.5 > > with 58 processes and 138 threads at the time. Otherwise smooth sailing, > > very nice. > > > > Bob > > > > > +1. Previously, when I did a cvs update with original scheduler code, doing > the ports update the machine always froze solid while doing cvs update, > taking 3 minutes to recover. This time with Martin's patch, the freezing > period seems to have decreased quite a bit, although the freeze still > happens. Stefan's amap diff and Bob's VFS/UVM diff also seems to have a > made a difference. > > Pentium G2020 2.9GHz dual core Ivy bridge 22nm... 8 GB RAM > > IMHO, this patch should go in!!!!!
No. It's a hack. It points out aproblem that should be investigated deeper.
