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From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
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To: khromy@lnuxlab.ath.cx (khromy), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: sync slowness. ext3 on VIA vt82c686b
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 08:25:45 -0200
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On 3 July 2002 00:20, khromy wrote:
> When I copy a file(13Megs) from /home/ to /tmp/, sync takes almost 2
> minutes. When I copy the same file to /usr/local/, sync returns almost
> right away.  Both filesystems are ext3 and are on the same harddrive.  When
> sync is running, the harddrive light stays on but I don't hear it doing
> anything. dmesg doesn't show any errors either. Below is the `time` output
> for each command.  If you need anymore information  let me know..

Can be useful:
* strace -r sync
* ksymoopsed SysRq-T output (sync part only)
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vda
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