Re: [PATCH] set_cpus_allowed() for 2.4

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 04:30:28PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> load is just one or more busywaits.  It has to be a compilation.  It
>> could be something to do with all the short-lived processes, or gcc -pipe)

On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 01:42:34AM +0100, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> could be that we think they're very interactive or something like that.

The pipe issue is observable without involving gcc or kernel compiles.
Cooperating processes are consistently granted excessive priorities.

Bill