Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 11:21:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 11:20:48 -0500 Received: from carbon.btinternet.com ([194.73.73.92]:5345 "EHLO carbon.btinternet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 11:20:44 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:50:27 +0000 (GMT) From: davej@suse.de To: kumon@flab.fujitsu.co.jp cc: Jens Axboe , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrea Arcangeli Subject: Re: [PATCH] livelock in elevator scheduling In-Reply-To: <200011221059.TAA03907@asami.proc.flab.fujitsu.co.jp> 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 On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 kumon@flab.fujitsu.co.jp wrote: > The current Linux has a lot of difficult to set parameters in > /proc/sys. > Once a system goes beyond some settable limits, the system behavior > changes so sharp. Bdf_prm.nrfract in fs/buffer.c is one of the > difficult parameters. I hope a tool to monitor or set these value. http://www.powertweak.org (See CVS version). Helpful(?) advice, profiles, and easy to use UI. If we missed anything, we take patches, and can always use extra hands :) regards, Davej. -- | Dave Jones http://www.suse.de/~davej | SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/