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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>
Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: long hangs when deleting large directories (3.0-rc3)
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:24:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110618142456.GA26419@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110618141950.GA1685@x4.trippels.de>

On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 04:19:50PM +0200, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> Running the latest git kernel (3.0-rc3) my machine hangs for long
> periods (1-2 sec) whenever I delete a large directory recursively on my
> xfs partition. During the hang I cannot move the mouse pointer or use
> the keyboard (but the music keeps playing without stuttering). A quick
> way to reproduce is to "rm -fr" a kernel tree. 

Does this also happen when using the deadline I/O schedule, that is
after a:

echo "deadline" > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-18 14:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-18 14:19 long hangs when deleting large directories (3.0-rc3) Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-18 14:24 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2011-06-18 14:37   ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-19  8:16     ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-19 22:24 ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-20  0:54   ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-20  1:34     ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-20  2:02       ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-20  2:36         ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-20  6:03           ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-20 11:13             ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-20 11:45               ` Michael Monnerie
2011-06-20 12:31                 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-20 21:16                   ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-21  4:25               ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-21  8:02                 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-21 18:24                   ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-21 18:57                     ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-21 21:22                       ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-22  0:04                       ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-22  7:06                         ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-22  7:30                           ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-22  7:40                             ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-29  4:31                             ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-29  6:19                               ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-29  7:24                                 ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-29  7:41                                   ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-29 12:10                                     ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-29 12:48                                       ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-29 15:08                                         ` Michael Weissenbacher
2011-06-29 23:53                                         ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-21 10:18                 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-06-21 10:40                   ` Markus Trippelsdorf

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