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Subject: Re: DNOTIFY support and some timing
From: Martin Konold <martin.konold () erfrakon ! de>
Date: 2003-02-23 22:24:27
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Am Sonntag, 23. Februar 2003 13:56 schrieb Josef Weidendorfer:
Hi Josef,
> OTOH, DNOTIFY has drawbacks, too: If you write a big file, for each "write"
> syscall a DNOTIFY real-time signal is sent to each process watching the
> directory.
Ouch this hurts.
> * STAT polling will happen every 0,5 seconds. Thus, delay/merging is done
> automatically, and LINUX won't produce realtime signals like mad.
Why 0.5s?
Why are 4 seconds not enough?
> I don't understand how 0,5 seconds poll interval can make such a bad
> behaviour. OK, kded watches around 40 directories.
40 directories and a 0.5s poll intervall means about 1 poll every 12 ms.
The normal linux scheduler only runs with 100Hz or every 10 ms.....
Regards,
-- martin
Dipl.-Phys. Martin Konold
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Erlewein, Frank, Konold & Partner - Beratende Ingenieure und Physiker
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