Re: [Lse-tech] Re: context switches increased in 2.5.40 kernel

From: Mala Anand (manand@us.ibm.com)
Date: Tue Oct 15 2002 - 16:02:23 EST


>"David S. Miller" wrote:
>>
>> From: Mala Anand <mkanand@us.ibm.com>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:44:35 -0500
>>
>> Does this have anything to do with tcp_wakeup patch?
>>
>> Please do not mention patches by name, this tells
>> me nothing. What "tcp_wakeup patch" are you talking
>> about?

>That would be the patch which uses prepare_to_wait/finish_wait
>in networking. It sped up specweb by 2%, btw.

>But that is not present in 2.5.40, and has not been in -mm
>since 2.5.40-mm1. I assume it wasn't present in Mala's testing.

Yes you are correct. I am not using tcp_wakeup patch. I saw the
apis in the changelog and assumed incorrectly.

Regards,
    Mala

   Mala Anand
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