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SubjectRe: kernel 2.4.21 , large disk write => system crawls
Mark Hahn wrote:

>>>>when i do a large disk write operation ( copy a big file for example ),
>>>>the whole system becomes very busy ( system goes into 99% cpu
>>>>
>>>>
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>it's not write-specific. you can see below that you're somehow
>managing to trigger roughly two interrupts per *either* bi or bo.
>for a normal IDE setup, you should see one interrupt per 16-64K
>under average use. it's almost like your sys somehow thinks
>that it can only transfer 1 sector per interrupt!
>
>
hmmm interesting i had not noticed that !

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>>everytime i experience a slowdown, there's a 'big' number in the io (bo)
>>column.
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>no, it's basically in=2*(bi+bo), as if your system somehow believes
>it can only do a single sector per interrupt (PIO and -m1 perhaps?)
>it should be more like 32K per interrupt.
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>>Jun 27 22:52:31 charlus kernel: Found and enabled local APIC!
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>have you tried without that?
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>.
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nope. I'll do that for sure. I've already had problems with APIC on
other systems ...
Thanks for the hint. I'll keep you posted if it works.


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