Re: inode_lock heavily contended in 2.6.11

Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When running reaim7 on a 12-way IA64 on an ext2 filesystem on a ram > disc, I see very heavy contention on inode_lock. Yes, that's a big global lock, protecting global resources. I always expected it to hit someone's fan, but it never did. > lockstat

inode_lock heavily contended in 2.6.11

When running reaim7 on a 12-way IA64 on an ext2 filesystem on a ram disc, I see very heavy contention on inode_lock. lockstat output shows: SPINLOCKS HOLDWAIT UTIL CONMEAN( MAX ) MEAN( MAX )(% CPU) TOTAL NOWAIT SPIN RJECT NAME 46.8% 52.4% 1.9us( 130us) 20