> Robert Love wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 17:53, Con Kolivas wrote:
> > 
> > > io_load:
> > > Kernel [runs]           Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
> > > 2.5.44-mm6 [3]          284.1   28      20      10      3.98
> > > 2.5.46 [1]              600.5   13      48      12      8.41
> > > 2.5.46-mm1 [5]          134.3   58      6       8       1.88
> > >
> > > Big change here. IO load is usually the one we feel the most.
> > 
> > Nice.
> 
> Mysterious.
Why?  We are preempting during the generic file write/read routines, I
bet, which can otherwise be long periods of latency.  CPU is up and I
bet the throughput is down, but his test is getting the attention it
wants.
	Robert Love
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