Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:16:29 -0700 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Give kjournald a IOPRIO_CLASS_RT io priority |
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 08:04:44 -0400 Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
> > > But sometimes that doesn't work (including the place where I > > knowingly broke it). If we can find and fix the offending piece of > > jbd logic (a big if) then all is peachy. > > Do we have workloads that can easily demonstrate this problem? If so, > we can add some tracing code which will allow us to see which theory > is correct, and what is actually happening.
I can very easily reproduce it; my mail client (claws) stalls due to this several seconds at least once every 5 to 10 minutes... (usually when I'm typing an email.. grumble)
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