On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 04:41:40PM +0400, Edward Shishkin wrote: > rvalles wrote: > > >A few months ago I posted about a problem I was having with kernels > >newer than 2.6.12.x, where, apparently randomly, sometimes vim or other > >programs would be blocked for more than a minute, and during the entire > >blockage, the disk would appear to be writing data. > > > >Since I saw talk on the matter, I thought it would be the mmap/fsync > >performance problem or something like that, and after so much time it > >would be fixed already, but apparently it isn't yet, which I discovered > >after building a 2.6.16.1 with the 2.6.16-reiser4-1 patch available on > >the namesys ftp server. > > > >Soon after booting my desktop system and starting X, xfce, etc. I > >started to wget the latest knoppix ISO and then started to play a movie > >with mplayer. The movie is an avi ffmpeg + mp3 at about 1mbit/s overall. > >The described blockings happened again and again during the reproduction > >of the movie. Now, just to know the format, I played it again, and as it > >began, it blocked again... not even knoppix is downloading on the > >background. > > > >I got knoppix so that I could boot it, get last reiser4tools and run a > >fsck --fix on my reiser4 partition. Since now I've already done that, I > >don't think it helped much. > > > >I attach my kernel config file. I'll be very happy to provide any other > >debug information if it's needed, or to test patches and see if they fix > >the problem. For now, I'll fall back to 2.6.12.6, which is the latest > >kernel I can use which doesn't have the problem. > > > >Sincerelly, > >Roc Vallès <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Hello. > Would you please try the attached patch against > 2.6.16.1+reiser4-for-2.6.16-1 > > Edward.
Ok, building. Will report in 24h or when the problem occurs, whicheven happens first. Thanks. -- - Do you study theories? - Oh yes! Theories are fun. - How do you use them? - When I must act, theories are too slow. To act, I must know.
