From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org Subject: [Bug 39072] New: jbd2 writes on disk every few seconds Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 15:12:48 GMT Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from demeter1.kernel.org ([140.211.167.39]:56884 "EHLO demeter1.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753875Ab1GIPMt (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jul 2011 11:12:49 -0400 Received: from demeter1.kernel.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by demeter1.kernel.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p69FCmbT014396 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2011 15:12:48 GMT Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39072 Summary: jbd2 writes on disk every few seconds Product: File System Version: 2.5 Kernel Version: 2.6.39.2 arch Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: ext4 AssignedTo: fs_ext4@kernel-bugs.osdl.org ReportedBy: marcin2006@gmail.com Regression: Yes If I don't specify in /etc/fstab some large commit value, jbd2 is killing my disk, I think even more frequently than default 5 seconds. Mount says: /dev/sda6 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered) In iotop jbd2 constantly appears on top and sysctl vm.block_dump=1, dmesg | grep -e READ -e WRITE shows that jdb2 is writting on the disk every few seconds and only jdb2. I have IBM ThinkPad x30 here, but simmilar thing happens on my PC. I guess it should not write to disk if there isn't really anything to write. It is impossible to spin-down the HDD. I have a minimal archlinux system here with xfce, running from failsafe entry from GRUB, while pursuing this problem I have killed X, killed all daemons, swapoff, unloaded acpi modules, usb modules and other - nothing helps. I'm not even sure what logs should I attach as people are complaining on different configurations for a year, it's all there: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/607560 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=113516&p=1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug.