linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH RFC] jbd: don't wake kjournald unnecessarily

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Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:01:58 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
CC:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] jbd: don't wake kjournald unnecessarily

On 12/19/12 2:27 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 06:14:01PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
>>   I agree. Just I'm still somewhat puzzled by those two reports pointed to
>> by Eric. In both cases stored tids were 0 and I cannot see how that happens
>> (well how it could happen in a reasonably likely way).
> 
> I'm also really puzzled about how Eric's patch makes a 10% different
> on the AIM7 benchmark; as you've pointed out, that will just cause an
> extra wakeup of the jbd/jbd2 thread, which should then quickly check
> and decide to go back to sleep.
> 
> 					- Ted
> 

Ted, just to double check - is that some wondering aloud, or a NAK
of the original patch? :)

-Eric
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