From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 23:46:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 23:46:19 -0400 Received: from [63.193.79.18] ([63.193.79.18]:25839 "HELO mwg.inxservices.lan") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 23:46:14 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:46:12 -0700 From: George Garvey To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: 2.4.9-ac10 IDE access slows as uptime increases Message-ID: <20010928204612.A911@inxservices.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Organization: inX Services, Los Angeles, CA, USA Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline I've been noticing this for months, and thought I was crazy. But I just verified it. I ran a program that's a GUI app/front-end to a data base, on the local drives. It took seconds to access a record. Rebooted. Ran the same thing again. The program accessed records almost instantly. I get faster response time from the 2.2.20-pre2 systems over 100MBs NFS than I do on the 2.4 system after it has been running for a few hours. NFS is slow enough, usually use ssh and run the program on the DB system. (Only use a local copy when testing.) Use the system mostly to compile, debug and test. processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping : 10 cpu MHz : 999.743 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse bogomips : 1992.29 total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 1053401088 1002246144 51154944 10092544 51945472 798220288 Swap: 2147467264 4096 2147463168 MemTotal: 1028712 kB MemFree: 49956 kB MemShared: 9856 kB Buffers: 50728 kB Cached: 779508 kB SwapCached: 4 kB Active: 505116 kB Inact_dirty: 76400 kB Inact_clean: 258580 kB Inact_target: 352 kB HighTotal: 130992 kB HighFree: 7256 kB LowTotal: 897720 kB LowFree: 42700 kB SwapTotal: 2097136 kB SwapFree: 2097132 kB Personalities : [raid1] read_ahead 1024 sectors md0 : active raid1 ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part2[1] ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2[0] 6291840 blocks [2/2] [UU] md1 : active raid1 ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part3[1] ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3[0] 51661952 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: 8:32pm up 1:42, 23 users, load average: 2.87, 3.07, 2.77 All those users are me, logged into different xterms, most of which are not being used during the uptime. XFree86 4.0.3. Using nVidia drivers. I really don't remember if the problem was there when I was using an Athlon similarly configured except for a Voodoo3 and 3/4 the RAM. Had so many problems with the Athlon, I gave it to a co-worker who doesn't use their box as heavily as I do. They haven't had any problems with the Athlon. I seem to remember this as a problem on the Athlon, too, but won't swear to it because there were too many other things going on and this is the first time I actually checked to see if the slowdown was real. Also have VMware modules loaded all the time. Don't always use it every day though, and still see the slowdown. The system is rebooted each morning right now, most of the time (unless I just forget). The slowdown doesn't just affect the data base program. Its just really noticeable there. Config attached. 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