Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:04:57 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: dirty pages (Was: Re: [PATCH] Prevent large file writeback starvation) |
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Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> wrote: > > > Now copying a 700MB file makes "Dirty" go up to 350MB. It then > > > slowly decreases to 325MB and stays there. > > > > It shouldn't. Did you really leave it for long enough? > > > > If you did, then why does it happen there and not here? > > Good question. I just repeated the execise, rebooted and > copied a 700MB file. After ~30min "Dirty" is down to ~130MB, and > continues to decrease very slowly. > > On my Desktop machine (P4 HT, 1G RAM) "Dirty" goes down near > zero after ~30sec, as expected.
Are you using any unusual mount options?
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