Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755472AbZIUC7V (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:59:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755419AbZIUC7U (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:59:20 -0400 Received: from dd2934.kasserver.com ([85.13.129.136]:45245 "EHLO dd2934.kasserver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755026AbZIUC7T (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:59:19 -0400 Message-ID: <4AB6EC09.9010808@datenparkplatz.de> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:59:21 +0200 From: Ulrich Lukas User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Poor desktop responsiveness with background I/O-operations References: <4AB59CBB.8090907@datenparkplatz.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 700 Lines: 19 Jiri Kosina wrote: > I guess that switching from CFQ to deadline I/O scheduler improves the > situation, right? Indeed, there is an improvement. But, especially in the case with an encrypted /home, copying a large file from a fast source means I better go get another cup of coffee rather than continue working on something else in the meantime. BTW, I've tested this with a default install of OpenSUSE 11.1, and I get basically the same behaviour. -- 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/