From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 06:27:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 06:27:23 -0400 Received: from mail.spylog.com ([194.67.35.220]:26801 "HELO mail.spylog.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 06:27:19 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:27:40 +0400 From: Andrey Nekrasov To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BENCH] Problems with IO throughput and fairness with 2.4.10 and 2.4.9-ac15 Message-ID: <20010928142740.A3678@spylog.ru> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3BB31F99.941813DD@anu.edu.au> <200109280851.f8S8pKL29417@hal.grips.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200109280851.f8S8pKL29417@hal.grips.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22i Organization: SpyLOG ltd. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Gerold Jury, Once you wrote about "Re: [BENCH] Problems with IO throughput and fairness with 2.4.10 and 2.4.9-ac15": > I have tried 2.4.9-xfs against 2.4.10-xfs with dbench. > The machine has 384 MB ram. IDE/SCSI/RAID Controller? > The throughput is roughly the same for both with dbench 2. > dbench 32 runs fine on 2.4.9-xfs but does not finish on 2.4.10-xfs. > dbench 24 will finish on 2.4.10 but it takes a very very long time. > All dbench processes are stuck in D state after 10 seconds. > > I am not sure if it is the xfs part, the VM or both. > > Can you give the dbench 32 a try ? I am run "dbench 32", all test ok. Kernel 2.4.10-xfs + 2.4.10.aa1 + preempteble patch. File system on test partition ext2. Compiled with no highmem support. Hardware configuration: Dell Optiplex G1 (P2-350/256RAM/IDE disk 1Gb) -- bye. Andrey Nekrasov, SpyLOG.