Hi there,
I think someone else notices this too, but anyway, i write down my
experiences.
I've tested 2.4.19rc[1|2|3], AC tree, AA tree, jam tree and mjc tree
All of them shows up the same behaviour. If i do some disk i/o, f.e.:
tar xzpf linux-2.4.18.tar.gz; rm -rf linux-2.4.18
the system stopps reacting while untar/ungzipping the file for more than 5
seconds. Nothing but the mouse reacts. This does NOT occur with 2.4.18 and
early 2.4.19-pre's ...
System is a Celeron 800MHz, 256 MB RAM, EIDE UDMA100 Intel BX440 running ext3
filesystem.
If you need more informations tell me what and I provide them.
If this is already fixed by someone, please tell me :-)
Please CC, i am not subscribed!
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On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Marc-Christian Petersen wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I think someone else notices this too, but anyway, i write down my
> experiences.
>
> I've tested 2.4.19rc[1|2|3], AC tree, AA tree, jam tree and mjc tree
> All of them shows up the same behaviour. If i do some disk i/o, f.e.:
>
> tar xzpf linux-2.4.18.tar.gz; rm -rf linux-2.4.18
>
> the system stopps reacting while untar/ungzipping the file for more than 5
> seconds. Nothing but the mouse reacts. This does NOT occur with 2.4.18 and
> early 2.4.19-pre's ...
>...
I've seen this the first time four months ago - at that time the problem
was only present in the -ac kernels (but now it's also present in the -pre
kernels). My report is at [1]. It seems to be a problem that affects only
the handling of keyboard events. Quoting from what I wrote at [1]:
<-- snip -->
I tried to start Gimp from the fvwm menu after I typed a letter - and
Gimp has completed its startup before the letter arrived in the xterm.
<-- snip -->
cu
Adrian
[1] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101705972802903&w=2
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On Sunday 21 July 2002 16:17, Adrian Bunk wrote:
Hi Adrian,
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Marc-Christian Petersen wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I think someone else notices this too, but anyway, i write down my
> > experiences.
> >
> > I've tested 2.4.19rc[1|2|3], AC tree, AA tree, jam tree and mjc tree
> > All of them shows up the same behaviour. If i do some disk i/o, f.e.:
> >
> > tar xzpf linux-2.4.18.tar.gz; rm -rf linux-2.4.18
> >
> > the system stopps reacting while untar/ungzipping the file for more than
> > 5 seconds. Nothing but the mouse reacts. This does NOT occur with 2.4.18
> > and early 2.4.19-pre's ...
> >...
>
> <-- snip -->
>
> I tried to start Gimp from the fvwm menu after I typed a letter - and
> Gimp has completed its startup before the letter arrived in the xterm.
for my tests this does not appear. System does nothing for some seconds, no
keyboard input, no startup of programs, just nothing. Seems like flushing
somewhat to disk.
I think i have the causer. I've downgraded ext3fs code to 2.4.18 code and
those behaviour is gone! I think ext3fs needs a big deep review before 2.4.19
gets final.
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