Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 01 Dec 2001 13:08:23 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: EXT3 - freeze ups during disk writes |
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Erik Elmore wrote: > > ahhhh... woops... every official kernel since ext3 made it into the > official tree, 2.4.14 if memory serves. I'm using gcc 2.95.3. And to > clarify the bug, say on a large disk write, the pause isn't constant, > it just pauses for a second every few seconds during the write. For > smaller writes, it will pause only once, I assume while performing the > actual write to disk. >
I've seen a couple of reports where ext3 appears to exacerbate the effects of poor hdparm settings. What is your raw disk throughput, from `hdparm -t /dev/hda'? - 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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