> > Something like: > > > > dd if=/host/tmp/bigfile of=/tmp/bigfile bs=1048576 count=100 > > > > and run 'top' or 'watch something' in another terminal, which > > sometimes completely stops updating during the write. > > Are you talking about missing updates for a few seconds, or for > longer? With the common above, with top -delay 1, and with 600M of > data, I'm seeing occasional 2-3 pauses, with one missing 5 seconds.
Yes, that sort of thing. Sometimes it pauses soon after starting the dd, and never recovers till it's finished, but that is not easily reproducible. Miklos - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
