On Mi, 2005-02-16 at 22:55 +0100, Droebbel wrote: >Some new information: > >2.6.7 is ok, 2.6.7-mm2 is not ok, 2.6.7 with just the linus-patch from >mm2 is ok, 2.6.7 with linus.patch from mm3 isn't. >So I took some of the patches from the broken-out mm2 and tested them >seperately. > >The vmscan-dont-reclaim-too-many-pages.patch led to the said reduction >of writing speed. I reverse-applied it to 2.6.8.1, where it seems to >solve the problem.
Sorry, have to correct that: it seemed to help at my tests with dd (write 1G of zeroes to a file). Copying a file with mc still shows around 1.4MB/s. Could be worse, but is definitely not ok. It *is* better with 2.6.7. Regards David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
