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Re: NSOperation Efficiency
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Re: NSOperation Efficiency


  • Subject: Re: NSOperation Efficiency
  • From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:58:08 -0800

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:
> I have an app which uses NSOperations inside an NSOperationQueue. These
> operations do not do any I/O - just Cpu. No swapping is taking place.
>
> When I set [ self.operationQueue setMaxConcurrentOperationCount: 1 ] each
> operation takes on average 200 msec., measured by NSDate.
>
> With 2 concurrent operations, it takes not 100 msec but 110 - an extra
> 10%. Ok - some overhead is to be expected.
>
> With 4 ops it takes 70 instead of 50 - overhead 40% - rather a lot.
> With 8 ops it takes 60 instead of 25 - overhead 140%. or: 40% of the cpu
> is used by my operations, 60% is used by whom? And for what?
>
> Is this to be expected? Or does my app has some hidden flaws? If so,
> where should I start looking?

How many operations are you creating? We've found that with more than a
few hundred operations, NSOperationQueue is unusable.

--Kyle Sluder
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