From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: ReiserFS causes CPU high usage?! Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:33:40 +0300 Message-ID: <3E5F6534.70108@namesys.com> References: <200302280011.14488.liviu.voicu@huji.ac.il> <200302281511.56997.liviu.voicu@huji.ac.il> <20030228141316.J24291@humilis> <200302281519.58013.liviu.voicu@huji.ac.il> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <200302281519.58013.liviu.voicu@huji.ac.il> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Voicu Liviu Cc: ookhoi@humilis.net, reiserfs-list@namesys.com Nicing a compile to -10 should be expected to make your computer unusable. Compiles are resource intensive, and if they have priority, then nothing should be left for anything else. I don't know why your activity works for ext3, maybe ext3 is usable in this circumstance because it makes you wait more for IO? -- Hans