From: Ray Lee <ray-lk@madrabbit.org>
To: Satish Eerpini <eerpini@gmail.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: unresponsiveness on linux desktop during file copy
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 11:02:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2c0942db0905151102y4f144437xa02632effccda72c@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <93655eb70905151007v5f9bb34aj34be4b65ffeb02a4@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Satish Eerpini <eerpini@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am trying to figure out why the Linux desktop becomes overly
> unresponsive whenever there is a file copy going on, this happens to a
> large extent with GUI based file copying, and some lesser, but with
> command line copying too.
> does it have anything to do with the kernel ??,
> if it does help, then I am running Fedora 10 on a Hp nx 7400, Centrino
> Duo processor.
Which kernel version? If it's something recent, your programs may be
getting swapped out due to a flaw in the latest kernels, where it
accidentally prefers caching file data over mapped pages. If that's
the case, Rik (cc:d) is working on patches to address the issue, and
may appreciate another tester.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-15 18:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-15 17:07 Satish Eerpini
2009-05-15 17:12 ` Mark Knecht
[not found] ` <93655eb70905151024o634f8432j6c3db85df1f6ddfc@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <5bdc1c8b0905151120p5aa58318t1765544fbbb695b2@mail.gmail.com>
2009-05-16 2:38 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-16 2:47 ` Mark Knecht
2009-05-16 3:12 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-16 3:37 ` Mark Knecht
2009-05-16 6:52 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-16 21:11 ` Mark Knecht
2009-05-17 8:54 ` Robert Hancock
2009-05-17 9:04 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-17 8:52 ` Robert Hancock
2009-05-15 18:02 ` Ray Lee [this message]
2009-05-15 19:33 ` Christoph Lameter
2009-05-16 16:03 ` Ray Lee
2009-05-16 17:38 ` Rik van Riel
2009-05-17 1:19 ` Wu Fengguang
2009-05-17 1:27 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-17 2:08 ` Wu Fengguang
2009-05-17 4:30 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-17 4:57 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-05-17 4:58 ` Wu Fengguang
2009-05-17 6:18 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-17 9:30 ` Wu Fengguang
2009-05-17 12:01 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-17 12:17 ` Wu Fengguang
2009-05-17 12:27 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-17 12:39 ` Wu Fengguang
2009-05-17 13:03 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-17 13:11 ` Wu Fengguang
2009-05-17 13:43 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-17 13:14 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-05-16 2:28 ` Satish Eerpini
2009-05-16 14:25 ` Satish Eerpini
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