Re: xfs_fsr, sunit, and swidth

Dave Chinner
2013-03-28T01:38:44Z

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 01:00:51PM -0400, Dave Hall wrote:
>
> Dave Hall
> Binghamton University
> kdhall@binghamton.edu
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>
> On 03/16/2013 03:21 AM, Dave Chinner wrote:
> >Using perf to profile the kernel while the cp -al workload is
> >running will tell use exactly where the CPU is being burnt. That
> >will confirm the analysis, or point us at some other issue that is
> >causing excessive CPU burn...
> >
> Dave, which perf command(s) would you like me to run. (I'm
> familiar with the concept behind this kind of tool, but I haven't
> worked with this one before).

Just run 'perf top -U' for 10s while the problem is occurring and
pastebin the output....

Cheers,

Dave.
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