Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: fsync delays for a long time. | Date | Thu, 14 Feb 2002 21:09:14 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > fsync on a very large file is very slow on the 2.2 kernels > > This could very well be due to request allocation starvation. > fsync is sleeping in __get_request_wait() while bonnie keeps > on stealing all the requests.
That may amplify it but in the 2.2 case fsync on any sensible sized file is already horribly performing. It hits databases like solid quite badly - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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