Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965062AbXBZMfm (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:35:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965085AbXBZMfm (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:35:42 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:39021 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965062AbXBZMfl (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:35:41 -0500 To: kalium@gmx.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: latencies due to disk writes References: <20070226015439.97500@gmx.net> From: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler) Date: 26 Feb 2007 07:35:35 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20070226015439.97500@gmx.net> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 405 Lines: 8 kalium@gmx.de writes: > I'm experiencing extreme lags during disk writes. [...] Wacky idea: "ionice -n 7 -c 2" down the pdflush/swapd kernel threads. - FChE - 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/