From: "Rob Mueller" <robm@fastmail.fm>
To: "Andrew Morton" <akpm@digeo.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, "Jeremy Howard" <jhoward@fastmail.fm>
Subject: Re: Strange load spikes on 2.4.19 kernel
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:14:18 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <111e01c2727f$c62239a0$1900a8c0@lifebook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3DA7C87A.670EDD45@digeo.com>
> > So you're saying that ext3 is somehow breaking the standard kernel
writeback
> > code?
>
> Possibly. Please try ordered mode.
Ok, we've now tried ordered mode, and are seeing exactly the same behaviour,
no change. No processes in a waiting state or blocked state at all, but
still big load spikes. See my other post for an alternating uptime/ps
output.
> Not yet. Yours is only the second report. Possible report.
> Please try ordered mode. The below will fix journalled
> mode, if this is indeed the source of the problem
We tried applying this patch, but no change either. Again, we've tried both
journaled and ordered.
Rob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-13 6:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-12 1:12 Rob Mueller
2002-10-12 1:25 ` Andrew Morton
2002-10-12 2:25 ` Rob Mueller
2002-10-12 3:07 ` Andrew Morton
2002-10-12 6:37 ` Rob Mueller
2002-10-12 6:44 ` Andrew Morton
2002-10-12 6:52 ` Rob Mueller
2002-10-12 7:00 ` Andrew Morton
2002-10-13 6:14 ` Rob Mueller [this message]
2002-10-13 7:27 ` Simon Kirby
2002-10-12 3:10 Joseph D. Wagner
2002-10-12 3:13 Joseph D. Wagner
[not found] <001401c2719b$9d45c4a0$53241c43@joe>
2002-10-12 6:54 ` Rob Mueller
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0210121605490.16179-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-10-13 0:49 ` Rob Mueller
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0210130202070.17395-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-10-13 6:34 ` Rob Mueller
2002-10-13 7:01 ` Joseph D. Wagner
2002-10-13 7:01 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-13 7:49 ` Joseph D. Wagner
2002-10-13 7:50 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-13 8:16 ` Joseph D. Wagner
2002-10-13 8:13 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-13 8:40 ` Joseph D. Wagner
2002-10-13 8:45 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-13 8:48 ` Mike Galbraith
2002-10-13 8:48 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-13 8:51 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-13 10:20 ` Ingo Molnar
2002-10-13 19:42 ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-16 21:00 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-10-13 8:59 ` Anton Blanchard
2002-10-13 9:26 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-13 12:31 ` Marius Gedminas
[not found] <113001c27282$93955eb0$1900a8c0@lifebook.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
[not found] ` <000001c27286$6ab6bc60$7443f4d1@joe.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
[not found] ` <20021013.000127.43007739.davem@redhat.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2002-10-13 7:24 ` Andi Kleen
2002-10-13 7:21 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-13 11:47 ` Hugh Dickins
2002-10-13 18:29 ` Andrew Morton
2002-12-11 22:54 Steven Roussey
2002-12-11 23:09 ` Andrew Morton
2002-12-11 23:54 ` Steven Roussey
2002-12-12 0:13 ` Andrew Morton
2002-12-12 0:31 ` Steven Roussey
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