linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/11] Per-bdi writeback flusher threads #4

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Message-ID: <20090525080625.GM11363@kernel.dk>
Date:	Mon, 25 May 2009 10:06:25 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	"Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, chris.mason@...cle.com,
	david@...morbit.com, hch@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/11] Per-bdi writeback flusher threads #4

On Mon, May 25 2009, Zhang, Yanmin wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 21:15 +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Fri, May 22 2009, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > > Please try with this combined patch against what you are running now, it
> > > should resolve the issue. It needs a bit more work, but I'm running out
> > > of time today. I'l get it finalized, cleaned up, and integrated. Then
> > > I'll post a new revision of the patch set.
> > > 
> > 
> > This one has been tested good and has a few more tweaks. So please try
> > that! It should be pretty close to final now, will repost the series on
> > monday.
> I ran the workload for 10 times and didn't trigger it yet. So the bug is
> fixed.

Goodness, thanks for retesting. Can you share some performance
comparisons and what hw/storage you are running it on?

The v5/v6 posting includes these fixes, so it should work fine now.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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