Re: ReiserFS v3 choking when free space falls below 10%?

[Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>]

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Hans Reiser wrote:
> Mike Benoit wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> I just tried the patch you suggested and it didn't make a difference.
>> The load still spikes as soon as the free space falls below ~10%.
>>
>>
> Jeff, please audit your code for what happens when all the bitmap blocks
> reach 90% full.  Could you discuss your design and code in that regard
> for our benefit?
> 
> Mike, thanks so much for going to this much effort.  It is rather likely
> this is a problem affecting many users.

Mike -

Can you post a copy of debugreiserfs -p <dev> |gzip -c > somefile.gz
somewhere? I can't reproduce that behavior locally and it would help
quite a bit if I had a test case where I could.

Thanks.

- -Jeff

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Jeff Mahoney
SUSE Labs
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