Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:04:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:04:12 -0400 Received: from a59178.upc-a.chello.nl ([62.163.59.178]:35077 "EHLO www.unternet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:04:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 20:04:33 +0200 From: Frank de Lange To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: severe slowdown with 2.4 series w/heavy disk access (revisited) Message-ID: <20020419200433.C17439@unternet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To clear up some potential confusion, the problems I'm talking about are NOT related to the (erroneous) memory-related questions in the thread I pointed at. It is the slowdowns which bother me, not the fact that the system 'uses up all memory' (which is a good thing (tm)). Read a bit further into the thread and you'll end up here: http://hypermail.spyroid.com/linux-kernel/archived/2001/week52/0309.html quote Alan Cox: "The free behaviour is correct (free memory is wasted memory). The delays are obviously not" That's why I'm asking these questions. The delays should not be there, but they are, reproducible, over many different kernels and with several filesystems. Cheers//Frank [ Moving to Sweden, looking for a project/job in V?stra G?taland... ] -- WWWWW ________________________ ## o o\ / Frank de Lange \ }# \| / \ \ `--| _/ \ `---' \ +31-320-252965 / \ frank@unternet.org / `------------------------' [ "Omnis enim res, quae dando non deficit, dum habetur et non datur, nondum habetur, quomodo habenda est." ] - 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/