Re: Wierd context-switching issue on Xeon

From: Robert Creager <Robert_Creager(at)LogicalChaos(dot)org>
To: pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Dirk_Lutzebäck <lutzeb(at)aeccom(dot)com>, ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Wierd context-switching issue on Xeon
Date: 2004-05-02 15:20:47
Message-ID: 20040502092047.029525f6@thunder.mshome.net
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Found some co-workers at work yesterday to load up my library...

The sample period is 5 minutes long (vs 2 minutes previously):

Context switches - avg max

Default 7.4.1 code : 48784 107354
Default patch - 10 : 20400 28160
patch at 100 : 38574 85372
patch at 1000 : 41188 106569

The reading at 1000 was not produced under the same circumstances as the prior
readings as I had to replace my device under test with a simulated one. The
real one died.

The previous run with smaller database and 120 second averages:

Context switches - avg max

Default 7.4.1 code : 10665 69470
Default patch - 10 : 17297 21929
patch at 100 : 26825 87073
patch at 1000 : 37580 110849

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20:13:50 up 3 days, 2:58, 4 users, load average: 2.12, 2.14, 2.10
Linux 2.6.5-01 #7 SMP Fri Apr 16 22:45:31 MDT 2004

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