90% cpu load on ubuntu 8.04

Question

Hello all,
I made a visualization for sorting algorithms. (The code is to long to post it here)
I developed the app under this system:
Windows Vista Home x64
Dualcore ~2.6GHz
Java Version: 1.6.0 Update 7 32bit
and i have a cpu load of ~10% when i run the app.
I asked my friend to test the app under his OS:
Ubuntu 8.04
Dualcore ~2.2Ghz
Java Version: 1.6.0 Update 7 32bit
and he got a cpu load of over 90%!
We both had no running tasks in background. It was only the java app.
Are there any known issues about this problem or could could it be a coding problem?
Btw the programm uses round about 8 Threads.
TIA

Answer 1

mod235711 wrote:
I'm sry.
Ok i try to specify a little bit more.
e.g.: I have this code snippet to check whenever the algorithm has finished.
while (!algorithm.isIdle())
                              try
                                   sleep(1);
                              catch (InterruptedException e)
                                   clockRefresh.interrupt();
                                   setIdle();
                         }Without the sleep I have a cpu load of 50% (of course, because it is an endless loop until the algorithm has finished).
But with the sleep time it's just 1 or 2%.
I want to know if there is a known issue in the JVM that causes threads on some systems to use to much cpu load.
Or could it be a coding problem?
What do you think about the sleep time in this loop?
Or could the high cpu load be caused by bad coding?After reading this post I could not read further. There is the problem. You're doing a sleep(1) .....
Even in C that will most likely kill any cpu. Try to use joins: elegant and faster ;)