Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 18:02:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 18:02:05 -0500 Received: from packet.digeo.com ([12.110.80.53]:14822 "EHLO packet.digeo.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 18:02:03 -0500 Message-ID: <3DF7C5B2.D9E0249C@digeo.com> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:09:38 -0800 From: Andrew Morton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.5.46 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Roussey CC: robm@fastmail.fm, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Strange load spikes on 2.4.19 kernel References: <000b01c2a168$37e747d0$026fa8c0@wehohome> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Dec 2002 23:09:38.0521 (UTC) FILETIME=[60F72490:01C2A16A] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 832 Lines: 29 Steven Roussey wrote: > > Was there ever a solution to this issue? No. It wasn't clear what was going on. > Is it kernel or ext3 based issue? One of those. > Is there a workaround? Tried mounting all filesystems `-o noatime'? > I've spent two months looking for a source and > solution to this issue. It is pressing for me since all our users get locked > out at the height of the spike. Ours is a webserver. > Is there much disk write activity? What journalling mode are you using? The output of `ps aux' during a stall would be interesting, as would the `vmstat 1' ouptut. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/