| Subject | Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when FS is under heavy write load (massive starvation) | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Date | Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:25:05 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 08:18 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Actually, you don't need to apply the patch - just do > > echo 5 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio > echo 10 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio
That seems to have done the trick. Amarok and GUI aren't exactly speed demons while writeout is happening, but they are not hanging for eternities.
-Mike
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