Re: ext3 IO latency measurements (was: Linux 2.6.29)

Pekka Enberg
2009-03-26T12:22:39Z

Hi Ingo,

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> Btw., i had this test going on that box while i wrote some simple
> scripts in Vim - and it was a horrible experience. The worst wait
> was well above one minute - Vim just hung there indefinitely. Not
> even Ctrl-Z was possible. I captured one such wait, it was hanging
> right here:

Just a data point: I've seen this exact same time for a long time (1-2
years) too even with stock distribution kernels. Never bothered to
investigate it though.

Pekka