linux-kernel - Re: [3.2-rc2] loop device balance_dirty_pages

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Message-Id: <ED3D1B07-DEC4-43C8-80A9-739C4973ABF9@mit.edu>
Date:	Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:17:07 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [3.2-rc2] loop device balance_dirty_pages_nr throttling hang


On Nov 22, 2011, at 5:49 AM, Dave Chinner wrote:

> But, I just noticed that the discard that mkfs.ext4 will result in
> all the extents being discarded in the underlying image file (due to
> the fact the loopback device now supports hole punching), so the
> previous state of the image file is getting trashed by the mkfs.ext4
> execution, too. I think I already had a ext4 filesystem in some state
> before I started running this manual prealloc test....

Which version of mkfs.ext4 are you using?   We've disabled the discard by default (unless configured in via a command-line option or a /etc/mke2fs.conf setting since no distribution apparently wants to be responsible for running supplying a command that causes a crap SSD to turning into a brick; personally, I'd blame the manufacturer of the crap SSD, but….)

-- Ted

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