linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

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Date:	06 Aug 2007 00:17:00 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Brice Figureau <brice+lklm@...sofwonder.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

Brice Figureau <brice+lklm@...sofwonder.com> writes:
> 
>  2) I _still_ don't get the "performances" of 2.6.17, but since that's the
> better combination I could get, I think there is IMHO progress in the right
> direction (to be compared to no progress since 2.6.18, that's better :-)).

If you could characterize your workload well (e.g. how many disks,
what file systems, what load on mysql) perhaps it would be possible
to reproduce the problem with a test program or a mysql driver.
Then it could be bisected.

-Andi
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