linux-ext4 - Re: A huge latency in ext4 and xfs because of stable page write

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Message-ID: <CAAxjCEwtpTKTO_=1yjvqAA8itF35u4QQLyK0GNomt_PQZ7Rh8Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:23:43 +0100
From:	Stefan Ring <stefanrin@...il.com>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A huge latency in ext4 and xfs because of stable page write

>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg59421.html
>
> Thanks for pointing out.  So now it seems that only I can do is to
> present a proposal to revert stable page write temporarily because it
> causes a huge latency for some applications.

There has just been a write-up on the topic of stable pages in last
week’s LWN: http://lwn.net/Articles/528031/

The link should become available for non-subscribers tomorrow.
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