Kernel "dead pauses" since 2.6.5-1.332
Josh Boyer
jwboyer at charter.net
Wed Apr 28 23:02:37 UTC 2004
On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 08:09, Dave Jones wrote:
> I think we've got a handle on this. On a "low" memory box (128/256mb or
> so), it's easy to reproduce. updatedb cron.daily job never runs to
> completion for me.
Yep, I have 256mb.
> It's the ext3 block reservation patch that's the culprit. (The details
> are pretty icky) There's been a number of fixes to that in the last
> few days, so hopefully we'll see resolution on it real soon.
Glad you found it. Look at my diff between the two kernels was
educational, but I still haven't reached the ext3 changes yet. But I
guess that is why you guys get paid ;).
josh
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