[Vm-dev] idle VM runs at constant 3-5% CPU load

[Andreas Raab]

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> Quoting Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com>:
> 
> >
> > i just wonder, what takes so much CPU time, even if it completely
> idle...
> >
> >
> > 4831-  NBCog        4.8
> > 51519- NBCog        3.5
> >
> > if i kill a UI process, the load goes down to 2.5-3 % ...
> > still too much.
> 
> Well, there are both image and VM issues here. I'll assume you're  
> running Pharo on a Mac. Running Cuis on a Mac, when idle, uses 2.6 -  
> 2.7%. So, the UI process can be optimized to the point where it takes  
> almost zero CPU.
> 
> But there are VM platform code issues too. Doing the same on a Windows  
> 7 Atom netbook, Cuis uses 0% (zero!) CPU.

The reason for which is that ioRelinquishProcessor() is implemented in precisely the fashion Eliot described it in his earlier message, by calling a blocking function which wakes up when there is some activity (either UI or other such as sockets).

Cheers,
  - Andreas

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