Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 19:13:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 19:13:06 -0400 Received: from tomts14-srv.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.35]:48881 "EHLO tomts14-srv.bellnexxia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 19:08:01 -0400 Subject: Re: severe slowdown with 2.4 series w/heavy disk access (revisited) From: Shane To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: lkml-frank@unternet.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2-5mdk Date: 19 Apr 2002 19:07:29 -0400 Message-Id: <1019257649.17679.45.camel@mars.goatskin.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Frank, >Hi'all, >Anyone remember this thread: > "severe slowdown with 2.4 series w/heavy disk access" >http://hypermail.spyroid.com/linux-kernel/archived/2001/week52/0266.html >It describes the tendency of 2.4 series kernels to slowdown under I/O >load. [..snip..] I tried copying a 650MB file to the same file system on an IDE disk and... (This is while the copy is running) $ time ls -l total 1284548 -rw-r--r-- 1 shane shane 685183312 Apr 19 18:13 650MB_tar_ball -rw-r--r-- 1 shane shane 628895744 Apr 19 18:44 X 0.00user 0.00system 0:00.00elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (191major+35minor)pagefaults 0swaps $ time ls -l total 1287624 -rw-r--r-- 1 shane shane 685183312 Apr 19 18:13 650MB_tar_ball -rw-r--r-- 1 shane shane 632041472 Apr 19 18:44 X 0.01user 0.00system 0:00.00elapsed 500%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (191major+35minor)pagefaults 0swaps $ time ls -l total 1290188 -rw-r--r-- 1 shane shane 685183312 Apr 19 18:13 650MB_tar_ball -rw-r--r-- 1 shane shane 634662912 Apr 19 18:44 X 0.01user 0.00system 0:00.00elapsed 500%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (191major+35minor)pagefaults 0swaps vmstat 1 was running as well procs memory swap io system cpu r w b swpd free buf cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id 0 0 0 53580 12296 3008 258120 0 0 0 0 180 87 0 0 100 1 0 0 53580 12296 3008 258120 0 0 0 0 176 67 0 0 100 3 0 0 53580 120492 3008 149836 0 0 2316 0 240 232 1 13 86 2 0 0 53580 59432 3008 210596 0 0 30208 0 852 1491 3 42 55 0 1 0 53580 4740 3012 264864 0 0 30212 0 652 1107 1 39 60 0 1 1 53580 4600 3012 264696 0 0 23048 5760 586 885 2 31 67 1 1 2 53580 4492 3016 264784 0 0 2560 17540 504 207 0 7 93 0 1 1 53580 4324 3016 264944 0 0 2560 18304 501 256 0 6 94 0 1 1 53580 4284 3016 264968 0 0 2048 16128 509 244 0 6 94 0 1 1 53580 4488 3016 264740 0 0 2048 18020 499 206 0 5 95 1 0 0 53604 4216 3028 266368 0 0 9732 10192 539 438 0 18 82 0 1 1 53604 4424 3028 266056 0 0 6144 18148 525 395 2 6 92 1 0 0 53604 3924 2904 266860 0 6019968 3900 614 866 0 35 65 1 0 0 53604 4668 2908 265728 0 0 29188 0 634 1077 0 39 61 ... This is on a UP AMD Tbird, 384MB, on an IDE disk on a Promise TX133 controller. The Gnome desktop was responsive throughout the copy. This is with the 2.4.19-pre6aa1 kernel. Give it a try...if you want. Regards, Shane - 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/