linux-kernel - Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when FS is under heavy write load (massive starvation)

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Message-ID: <20070428185608.6b7bbf3f@localhost>
Date:	Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:56:08 +0200
From:	Paolo Ornati <ornati@...twebnet.it>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@....de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when FS
 is under heavy write load (massive starvation)

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:30:06 -0700 (PDT)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> There are worse examples. Try connecting some flash disk over USB-1, and 
> untar to it. Ugh.
> 
> I'd love to have some per-device dirty limit, but it's harder than it 
> should be.

this one should help:

Patch: per device dirty throttling
http://lwn.net/Articles/226709/

-- 
	Paolo Ornati
	Linux 2.6.21-cfs-v7-g13fe02de on x86_64
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