From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Mahoney Subject: Re: ReiserFS v3 choking when free space falls below 10%? Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:39:13 -0400 Message-ID: <44AD58D1.9040806@suse.com> References: <1151602916.32453.40.camel@ipso.snappymail.ca> <1151608355.6335.79.camel@tribesman.namesys.com> <1151612146.11510.4.camel@ipso.snappymail.ca> <44A55271.7050501@namesys.com> <44A55591.6060500@suse.com> <1152059846.30139.11.camel@ipso.snappymail.ca> <44AB25EE.8030702@namesys.com> <20060706125856.fdac1d16.pegasus@nerv.eu.org> <1152200638.30139.45.camel@ipso.snappymail.ca> <44AD5020.6050803@suse.com> <1152210439.30139.59.camel@ipso.snappymail.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <1152210439.30139.59.camel@ipso.snappymail.ca> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Mike Benoit Cc: =?UTF-8?B?SnVyZSBQZcSNYXI=?= , reiserfs-list@namesys.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mike Benoit wrote: > On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 14:02 -0400, Jeff Mahoney wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Mike Benoit wrote: >>> My desktop machine (v2.6.16, same as my MythTV box) is running with 9% >>> free space right now and it is not experiencing any slow down. I think >>> the problem is caused by the usage pattern of MythTV and how it >>> simultaneously streams one or more large files to the HD in relatively >>> small chunks over a long period of time. >> Ok, if you run into the problem again, can you dump the metadata before >> freeing the space? The code itself looks sound, and I'm wondering if >> you've managed to create pathological fragmentation that's mucking >> things up. Being able to see the fs metadata would confirm or disprove >> that theory, and help in fixing it. > > Will do, I've started a bunch of recordings so I should start seeing the > problem again by tonight or tomorrow morning. Is there any other data > you would like me to collect? Additional oprofile reports, vmstat > information before the problem occurs and/or after? Great. Any information you can provide would help quite a bit. oprofile would be useful, as would vmstat information. - -Jeff - -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFErVjRLPWxlyuTD7IRAlgoAKCRqtHLk6Uq9Bp3yZq/18tHt8l2mwCfT206 UMSE1Om/pvg+svHImWkwLT8= =I5Oj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----