From: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Javier Marcet <jmarcet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Linux BCache Mailing List
<linux-bcache-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Issues dropping vm fs caches with kernel 3.5.2 + bcache master
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:29:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120820202921.GA21953@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAnFQG9JCMpZ7VSnuNxSGxXa4KrDWjdP4e3UJZj=W2Jbi30dZg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 09:03:08AM +0200, Javier Marcet wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've recently set up a software RAID5 + bcache.
>
> I'm using kernel 3.5.2 merged with bcache master branch. I'm quite
> happy with the performance but
> there is an important issue. I can't drop caches. Writing any number
> to /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
> makes the system hungs.
>
> Furthermore, so far I've been unable to curb bcache's memory
> consumption using the available
> sysctl knobs.
>
> Is this problem known?
No I didn't know about that - thanks, I'll look into it.
Just out of curiousity, what are you doing? drop_caches isn't something
you want to use in normal operation...
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2012-08-20 7:03 Issues dropping vm fs caches with kernel 3.5.2 + bcache master Javier Marcet
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2012-08-20 20:29 ` Kent Overstreet [this message]
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2012-08-20 21:06 ` Javier Marcet
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2012-08-21 0:15 ` Kent Overstreet
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2012-08-21 0:31 ` Javier Marcet
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2012-08-21 0:37 ` Kent Overstreet
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