Re: Odd performance problem (hitching)

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:13:53 +0930
"Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au> wrote:

> I updated to -current recently (from an earlier -current) and haven't
> changed any kernel options, but now the systems seems to 'hitch'
> fairly frequently. ie the system will run fine then stall for half a
> second or so, then continue as normal. It is most noticeable when
> playing music.
> 
> If I turn powerd off and run the CPU at full speed it works better,
> but it still happens on occasion so I am guessing powerd isn't the
> problem per se, but just makes it worse.
> 
> I am not 100% sure when the problem started but if I get time I will
> try a binary search to find out.. It believe around 6.0-BETA1 (30
> July) was OK, but I don't have any more data points yet.
> 
> I've attached my dmesg and kernel config file if it helps.
> 
> -- 
> Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
> for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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Can you try backing out this commit?

http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c.diff?r1=1.641&r2=1.642
-- 
Alexander Kabaev