From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
To: Erik Elmore <lk@bigsexymo.com>
Cc: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: EXT3 - freeze ups during disk writes
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2001 13:08:23 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C0946C7.798208C3@zip.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011130235414.E489@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112011209190.3893-100000@localhost.localdomain>
Erik Elmore wrote:
>
> ahhhh... woops... every official kernel since ext3 made it into the
> official tree, 2.4.14 if memory serves. I'm using gcc 2.95.3. And to
> clarify the bug, say on a large disk write, the pause isn't constant,
> it just pauses for a second every few seconds during the write. For
> smaller writes, it will pause only once, I assume while performing the
> actual write to disk.
>
I've seen a couple of reports where ext3 appears to exacerbate
the effects of poor hdparm settings. What is your raw disk
throughput, from `hdparm -t /dev/hda'?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-01 21:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-01 6:47 EXT3 - freeze ups during disk writes Erik Elmore
2001-12-01 7:54 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-12-01 18:14 ` Erik Elmore
2001-12-01 21:08 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2001-12-02 17:17 ` Erik Elmore
2001-12-02 18:15 ` Mark Hahn
2001-12-02 22:37 ` Ivanovich
2001-12-03 18:57 ` Erik Elmore
2001-12-02 13:55 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-12-02 17:25 ` Erik Elmore
2001-12-03 7:52 ` Jan-Hendrik Palic
2001-12-04 0:17 ` Andrew Morton
2001-12-04 21:53 ` Jan-Hendrik Palic
2001-12-05 2:43 ` Mike Fedyk
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2002-05-01 17:56 Stephane Chauveau
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