Subject: Re: [2.6] system is very slow during disk access
From: Jean-Yves LENHOF <jean-yves@lenhof.eu.org>
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Date: 07 Aug 2003 07:45:10 +0200
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> I have massive problems with linux-2.6.0-test2. 
> When some process writes something to disk, it's very hard 
> to go on working with the system. 
> 
> 
> Some test-szenario: 
> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=./test.file 
> 
> 
> While dd is running, xmms skips playing every now and then 
> and the mouse is near to be unusable. The Mouse-cursor 
> behaves some kind of very lazy and some times it jumps 
> from one point on the display to another. 
> When I stop disk-access, it works again quite fine. 
> 
> 
> Would be cool, if you could give me some point to start 
> for tracking this down. 

Maybe this is this one again...

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0307.1/2552.html

Regards,

Jean-Yves

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