linux-kernel - Re: [KORG] Re: kernel.org lies about latest -mm kernel

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Message-ID: <45914A52.6000002@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:14:10 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, "J.H." <warthog9@...nel.org>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@...iler.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, hpa@...or.com,
	webmaster@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [KORG] Re: kernel.org lies about latest -mm kernel

Dave Jones wrote:
> 
> A wild idea just occured to me.  You guys are running Fedora/RHEL kernels
> on the kernel.org boxes iirc, which have Ingo's 'tux' httpd accelerator.
> It might not make the problem go away, but it could make it more
> bearable under high load.   Or it might do absolutely squat depending
> on the ratio of static/dynamic content.
> 

Almost the only dynamic content we have (that actually matters) is 
gitweb.  Everything else is static, with Apache parked in sendfile(). 
Far too often in D state.

	-hpa
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