Comment 107 for bug 524281

I've uploaded a pair of rc6-based kernels, rc6-nopatch1 and rc6-power3. The 'nopatch' kernel is the baseline to compare against, and rc6-power3 has the proposed revert, the same as rc5-power3. Between these two kernels, the only difference is the proposed change.

I'd like to see some testing for the responsiveness issue with these two kernels. Try to quantify the issue in some way if you can. For example, if the CPU usage is different between the two kernels, then I'd like to see the numbers from top for both kernels.

If we confirm that the patch is indeed the cause of the problem, I'll relay the message to the developers and they'll figure out what to do next.