Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when FS is under heavy write load (massive starvation)

Mike Galbraith
2007-04-27T19:28:57Z

On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 08:18 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Actually, you don't need to apply the patch - just do
>
> echo 5 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio
> echo 10 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio
>

I'll try this, and do some testing with other kernels as well.

-Mike