Re: Processor Affinity in 2.2.x smp kernels?

John Alvord (jalvo@mbay.net)
Wed, 9 Jun 1999 08:29:33 -0700 (PDT)


Most conversations about this have concluded that xosview itself is
triggering the switching activity. john

On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, John Peter DeVale wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have noted by observing the cpu utilization on xosview (an admittedly
> unscientific method) that when running a single threaded compute bound
> task on a 2-way smp machine that the task seems to migrate from cpu to
> cpu, oscillating back and forth.
>
> This leads me to wonder if:
>
> 1. What I am seeing is actually happening. Does anyone have any insight
> into this?
>
> 2. Assuming that it is happening, is there an effort underway to address
> this? And if so, who are these people that I might offer some help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John DeVale
>
>
> devale@cmu.edu
>
>
>
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