Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2013-09-15 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 14.09.2013 05:41, Theodore Ts'o wrote: On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 08:59:07PM +0300, Marcus Sundman wrote: At 128 GB it is extremely small as it is, and I'm really struggling to fit all on it. Most of my stuff is on my NAS (which has almost 10 TB space), but still I need se

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2013-09-12 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 12.09.2013 23:46, Jan Kara wrote: On Thu 12-09-13 20:59:07, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 12.09.2013 19:35, Jan Kara wrote: On Thu 12-09-13 18:08:13, Marcus Sundman wrote: And can I somehow "reset" whatever it is that is making it worse so that it becomes good again? That way I c

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2013-09-12 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 12.09.2013 19:35, Jan Kara wrote: On Thu 12-09-13 18:08:13, Marcus Sundman wrote: And can I somehow "reset" whatever it is that is making it worse so that it becomes good again? That way I could spend maybe 1 hour once every few months to get it back to top speed. Any other ideas h

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2013-09-12 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 12.09.2013 17:39, Jan Kara wrote: On Thu 12-09-13 16:47:43, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 12.09.2013 16:10, Jan Kara wrote: So now you run without 'discard' mount option, right? My guess then would be that the FTL layer on your SSD is just crappy and as the erase blocks get more fra

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2013-09-12 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 12.09.2013 16:10, Jan Kara wrote: On Thu 12-09-13 15:57:32, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 27.02.2013 01:17, Jan Kara wrote: On Tue 26-02-13 20:41:36, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 24.02.2013 03:20, Theodore Ts'o wrote: On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 11:12:22AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: /dev/sda6

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2013-09-12 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 27.02.2013 01:17, Jan Kara wrote: On Tue 26-02-13 20:41:36, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 24.02.2013 03:20, Theodore Ts'o wrote: On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 11:12:22AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: /dev/sda6 /home ext4 rw,noatime,discard 0 0 ^^^ I'd

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2013-02-26 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 24.02.2013 03:20, Theodore Ts'o wrote: On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 11:12:22AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: /dev/sda6 /home ext4 rw,noatime,discard 0 0 ^^^ I'd say that's your problem Looks like the Sandisk U100 is a good SSD for me to put on my personal

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2013-02-22 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 22.02.2013 22:51, Jan Kara wrote: On Wed 20-02-13 13:40:03, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 20.02.2013 10:42, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 05.12.2012 17:32, Jan Kara wrote: I see. Maybe you could have something like while true; do echo w >/proc/sysrq-trigger; sleep 10; done running in

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2013-02-20 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 20.02.2013 10:42, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 05.12.2012 17:32, Jan Kara wrote: I see. Maybe you could have something like while true; do echo w >/proc/sysrq-trigger; sleep 10; done running in the background? Sure, but I suspect it'll take until the worst is over before it ma

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2013-02-20 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 05.12.2012 17:32, Jan Kara wrote: On Tue 27-11-12 18:14:42, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 22.11.2012 01:30, Jan Kara wrote: On Fri 16-11-12 03:11:22, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 13.11.2012 15:51, Jan Kara wrote: On Fri 09-11-12 15:12:43, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 09.11.2012 01:41, Marcus Sundman

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2012-11-27 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 22.11.2012 01:30, Jan Kara wrote: On Fri 16-11-12 03:11:22, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 13.11.2012 15:51, Jan Kara wrote: On Fri 09-11-12 15:12:43, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 09.11.2012 01:41, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 07.11.2012 18:17, Jan Kara wrote: On Fri 02-11-12 04:19:24, Marcus Sundman

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2012-11-15 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 13.11.2012 15:51, Jan Kara wrote: On Fri 09-11-12 15:12:43, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 09.11.2012 01:41, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 07.11.2012 18:17, Jan Kara wrote: On Fri 02-11-12 04:19:24, Marcus Sundman wrote: Also, and this might be important, according to iotop there is almost no disk

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2012-11-09 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 09.11.2012 01:41, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 07.11.2012 18:17, Jan Kara wrote: On Fri 02-11-12 04:19:24, Marcus Sundman wrote: Also, and this might be important, according to iotop there is almost no disk writing going on during the freeze. (Occasionally there are a few MB/s, but mostly it&#

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2012-11-08 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 07.11.2012 18:17, Jan Kara wrote: On Fri 02-11-12 04:19:24, Marcus Sundman wrote: On 01.11.2012 21:01, Jan Kara wrote: On Mon 29-10-12 00:39:46, Marcus Sundman wrote: Hello, I have a big problem with the system freezing and would appreciate any help on debugging this and pinpointing

Re: Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2012-11-01 Thread Marcus Sundman
On 01.11.2012 21:01, Jan Kara wrote: On Mon 29-10-12 00:39:46, Marcus Sundman wrote: Hello, I have a big problem with the system freezing and would appreciate any help on debugging this and pinpointing where exactly the problem is, so it could be fixed. So, whenever I write to the disk the

Debugging system freezes on filesystem writes

2012-10-28 Thread Marcus Sundman
Hi, I have a big problem with the system freezing and would appreciate any help on debugging this and pinpointing where exactly the problem is, so it could be fixed. So, whenever I write to the disk the system comes to a crawl or freezes altogether. This happens even when the writing process