Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:22:27 +0200 | Subject | Re: ext3 IO latency measurements (was: Linux 2.6.29) | From | Pekka Enberg <> |
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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
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