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Message-ID: <20100804091317.GA27779@isilmar-3.linta.de>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:13:17 +0200
From: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to track down abysmal performance ata - raid1 - crypto -
vg/lv - xfs
Christoph,
On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 04:50:39AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 09:35:46AM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > How can I best track down the cause of the performance problem,
> > a) without rebooting too often, and
> > b) without breaking up the setup specified above (production system)?
>
> So did you just upgrade the system from an earlier kernel that did not
> show these problems?
No, 2.6.31 to 2.6.34 show similar behaviour.
> Or did no one notice them before?
Well, there are some reports relating to XFS on MD or RAID, though I couldn't
find a resolution to the issues reported, e.g.
- http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-raid/2009/10/12/6490333
- http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1006.1/00099.html
However, I think we can rule out barriers, as XFS is mounted "nobarrier"
here.
Best,
Dominik
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