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From: "David Rees" <drees76@gmail.com>
To: "Mark Hedges" <hedges@ucsd.edu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: unknown io writes in 2.6.16
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 14:42:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <72dbd3150605101442o52a62d79va730314bf96dcfdd@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060510135100.F26270@network.ucsd.edu>

On 5/10/06, Mark Hedges <hedges@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> I stop every non-kernel process except syslogd, klogd and the
> tty's.  Interfaces are down.  It is still in default runlevel.
> But the disk keeps clicking away.
>
> Any idea what's doing these writes?

It's most likely atime updates. Mount the partitions with noatime
option and your writes will go away.

-Dave

  reply	other threads:[~2006-05-10 21:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-10 20:59 Mark Hedges
2006-05-10 21:42 ` David Rees [this message]
2006-05-11  5:54   ` Mark Hedges
2006-05-11 12:46     ` Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2006-05-11 13:23       ` Avi Kivity
2006-05-11 15:22     ` Erik Mouw
2006-05-12 17:17     ` dean gaudet
2006-05-16  0:12       ` Mark Hedges
2006-05-16  0:48         ` dean gaudet
2006-05-16  1:21         ` Con Kolivas

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