"Styner, Douglas W" <douglas.w.styner@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > ======oprofile 0.9.3 CPU_CLK_UNHALTED for top 30 functions > Cycles% 2.6.24.2 Cycles% 2.6.30-rc2 > 74.8578 <database> 67.6966 <database> The dip in database cycles is indeed worrying. > 1.0500 qla24xx_start_scsi 1.1724 qla24xx_start_scsi > 0.8089 schedule 1.0578 qla24xx_intr_handler > 0.5864 kmem_cache_alloc 0.8259 __schedule > 0.4989 __blockdev_direct_IO 0.7451 kmem_cache_alloc > 0.4357 __sigsetjmp 0.4872 __blockdev_direct_IO > 0.4152 copy_user_generic_string 0.4390 task_rq_lock > 0.3953 qla24xx_intr_handler 0.4338 __sigsetjmp And also why the qla24xx_intr_handler became ~2.5x as expensive. Cc linux-scsi and qla24xx maintainers. -Andi -- ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html