Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:15:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:15:08 -0500 Received: from cs6669235-16.austin.rr.com ([66.69.235.16]:33664 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:14:58 -0500 Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 12:14:47 -0600 (CST) From: Erik Elmore X-X-Sender: To: Mike Fedyk cc: Subject: Re: EXT3 - freeze ups during disk writes In-Reply-To: <20011130235414.E489@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> Message-ID: 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 ahhhh... woops... every official kernel since ext3 made it into the official tree, 2.4.14 if memory serves. I'm using gcc 2.95.3. And to clarify the bug, say on a large disk write, the pause isn't constant, it just pauses for a second every few seconds during the write. For smaller writes, it will pause only once, I assume while performing the actual write to disk. Erik On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 12:47:19AM -0600, Erik Elmore wrote: > > Ever since I started using ext3fs, whenever there is a disk write, the > > kernel sucks up all of the CPU thereby preempting everything and causing > > the PC to freeze momentarily. Could this possibly be caused by the > > journaling code in ext3? > > > > You really need to give kernel version, gcc version and what things were > happening at the time. > > I can think of five different things that this general description has > brought up. > > mf > - 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/