8 Dec
2010
8 Dec
'10
5:28 p.m.
On Dec 8, 2010, at 5:11 PM, David Ford wrote:
what's your task switch HZ compiled at? CONFIG_HZ_1000? you would probably be better at 300 or 250. have you tried tickless? is your kernel compiled for precisely your cpu type and smp/hyper options set correctly? what about CONFIG_PREEMPT? definitely don't use realtime, server is appropriate.
You're probably asking Ralf, but I might as well answer as well..
CONFIG_HZ_250=y CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=y
Not using realtime, all cpu/smp options look fine.
CPU is usually pretty idle. Hovering around 90-99% idle. But the load graphs clearly show a radical increase, where before things were pretty smooth, now they're erratic and much higher.
Cor
ps: we use linux, not freebsd.