From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 18 23:12:38 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC0C106564A; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:12:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A48C8FC12; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:12:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost.apl.washington.edu [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oAINCZUT012234; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:12:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id oAINCZjX012233; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:12:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:12:35 -0800 From: Steve Kargl To: Alexander Best Message-ID: <20101118231235.GA12137@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <4CE50849.106@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4CE52177.3020306@freebsd.org> <20101118182324.GA36312@freebsd.org> <20101118182852.GR63683@over-yonder.net> <20101118185635.GA43706@freebsd.org> <20101118170623.7f9c14f3@kan.dnsalias.net> <20101118225943.GB99684@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101118225943.GB99684@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: FreeBSD Stable , "Matthew D. Fuller" , FreeBSD Current , Andriy Gapon , freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, "O. Hartmann" Subject: Re: TTY task group scheduling X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:12:38 -0000 On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:59:43PM +0000, Alexander Best wrote: > > well i did exactly what they did in the video. watch a 1080p video and move > the output window around while compiling the kernel. > It is trivial to bring ULE to its knees. If you have N cores then all you need is N+1 cpu intensive task. The issue has been known for a few years. http://freebsd.monkey.org/freebsd-current/200807/msg00278.html http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org/msg65839.html -- Steve