Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:21:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:21:39 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:2034 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:21:34 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:21:23 -0800 From: Mike Fedyk To: Frank de Lange Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Abysmal interactive performance on 2.4.linus Message-ID: <20011112152123.C32099@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Frank de Lange , Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011112205551.A14132@unternet.org> <3BF02BA4.D7E2D70E@mandrakesoft.com> <20011112235642.A17544@unternet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011112235642.A17544@unternet.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:56:42PM +0100, Frank de Lange wrote: [snip] > Seems that reiserfs is the common factor here, at least on my box. This is a 35 > GB reiserfs filesystem, app 80% used, both large and small files. > > As said in my previous message, the numbers themselves don't mean squat. It is > the large delays (the fact that user+sys <<< real) which are the problem here. > > Any other magic anyone wants me to perform? Hans, you reading this? > Do you see/hear a lot of seeking happing during the delays? If so, your Reiser partition is probably fragmented to hell... IIRC this problem is being looked at, check some archives of lkml or reiser... Mike - 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/