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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 10:21:34 -0400 From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu> To: adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, Shaoying Xu <shaoyi@...zon.com> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, benh@...zon.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] [RESEND] ext4: fix lazy initialization next schedule time computation in more granular unit On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 16:44:11 +0000, Shaoying Xu wrote: > Description > =========== > Ext4 FS has inappropriate implementations on the next schedule time calculation > that use jiffies to measure the time for one request to zero out inode table. This > actually makes the wait time effectively dependent on CONFIG_HZ, which is > undesirable. We have observed on server systems with 100HZ some fairly long delays > in initialization as a result. Therefore, we propose to use more granular unit to > calculate the next schedule time. > > [...] Applied, thanks! [1/1] ext4: fix lazy initialization next schedule time computation in more granular unit commit: 3782027982881d2c1105ffe058aecb69cc780dfa Best regards, -- Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
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