Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758130AbXERIup (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 May 2007 04:50:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754465AbXERIuj (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 May 2007 04:50:39 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:53244 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755291AbXERIui (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 May 2007 04:50:38 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 10:49:46 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: DervishD cc: Stefan Richter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: usb-storage nice value In-Reply-To: <20070518082158.GA2307@DervishD> Message-ID: References: <20070517100308.GA14667@DervishD> <464CB2B3.50506@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20070518061512.GA32730@DervishD> <20070518082158.GA2307@DervishD> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 550 Lines: 19 On May 18 2007 10:21, DervishD wrote: > >> Or try echo 10 >/proc/sys/kernel/dirty_ratio > > Not in my proc :?? Perhaps /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio? Mine is 40, >which I think is too high. Linus also thinks it is too high; I do not really care what it is set at, as it depends on the use case. Jan -- - 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/