linux-kernel - Re: Sluggish system responsiveness on I/O

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Message-Id: <1163958288.22176.82.camel@mindpipe>
Date:	Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:44:47 -0500
From:	Lee Revell <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc:	Christian <christiand59@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Sluggish system responsiveness on I/O

On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 08:51 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> That makes sense, I/O tasks don't generally hold the cpu for extended
> periods, whereas a cpu bound task does.

So what can we do about I/O intensive tasks that also want a lot of CPU,
for example, the bloatier Gnome/KDE apps?  Evolution is the worst for
me.

Lee  

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