Re: Slow dc3dd in 3.18 on x86

2014-10-25 Thread Michael L. Semon
On 10/24/14 21:51, Martin K. Petersen wrote: "Michael" == Michael L Semon writes: Michael> There was nothing regarding integrity in /sys/block/sda. I was Michael> under the impression that both bio integrity and T10 checksums Michael> require hardware support from good hardware, so the config

Re: Slow dc3dd in 3.18 on x86

2014-10-24 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Michael" == Michael L Semon writes: Michael> There was nothing regarding integrity in /sys/block/sda. I was Michael> under the impression that both bio integrity and T10 checksums Michael> require hardware support from good hardware, so the config Michael> items have always been shut off.

Re: Slow dc3dd in 3.18 on x86

2014-10-24 Thread Michael L. Semon
On 10/24/14 15:54, Martin K. Petersen wrote: "Michael" == Michael L Semon writes: Michael> This week, a simple `dc3dd wipe=/dev/sda5` operation had speeds Michael> cut from 10-15 MB/s down to less than 1.8 MB/s. With this Michael> method, syncs took so long that magic SysRq keys were needed t

Re: Slow dc3dd in 3.18 on x86

2014-10-24 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Michael" == Michael L Semon writes: Michael> This week, a simple `dc3dd wipe=/dev/sda5` operation had speeds Michael> cut from 10-15 MB/s down to less than 1.8 MB/s. With this Michael> method, syncs took so long that magic SysRq keys were needed to Michael> stop the PC. A bisect let me h

Re: Slow dc3dd in 3.18 on x86

2014-10-24 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Michael" == Michael L Semon writes: Michael> This week, a simple `dc3dd wipe=/dev/sda5` operation had speeds Michael> cut from 10-15 MB/s down to less than 1.8 MB/s. With this Michael> method, syncs took so long that magic SysRq keys were needed to Michael> stop the PC. Please send me t

Slow dc3dd in 3.18 on x86

2014-10-24 Thread Michael L. Semon
Hi! I have an old i686 Pentium 4 that I use for xfstests. To better keep integrity, write cache is disabled on an old 60-"megabyte" IDE HDD. The PC runs slackware-current, doing a `git pull` of the kernel and xfs-oss/for-next once or twice a week. This week, a simple `dc3dd wipe=/dev/sda5` ope