Re: After unlinking a large file on ext4, the process stalls for a long time

On 16/07/2014 22:18, John Stoffel wrote: > Mason wrote: > >> The system is a set-top box (DVB-S2 receiver). The system CPU is >> MIPS 74K, not ARM (not that it matters, in this case). > > So it's a slow slow box... and it's only going to handle writing data > at 3 MBps... What do you mean "it's

Re: After unlinking a large file on ext4, the process stalls for a long time

Mason> (I hope you'll forgive me for reformatting the quote characters Mason> to my taste.) No problem. Mason> On 16/07/2014 17:16, John Stoffel wrote: >> Mason wrote: >> >>> I'm using Linux (3.1.10 at the moment) on a embedded system >>> similar in spec to a desktop PC from 15 years ago (256

Re: After unlinking a large file on ext4, the process stalls for a long time

(I hope you'll forgive me for reformatting the quote characters to my taste.) On 16/07/2014 17:16, John Stoffel wrote: > Mason wrote: > >> I'm using Linux (3.1.10 at the moment) on a embedded system >> similar in spec to a desktop PC from 15 years ago (256 MB RAM, >> 800-MHz CPU, USB). > > Sound

Re: After unlinking a large file on ext4, the process stalls for a long time

Mason> I'm using Linux (3.1.10 at the moment) on a embedded system Mason> similar in spec to a desktop PC from 15 years ago (256 MB RAM, Mason> 800-MHz CPU, USB). Sounds like a Raspberry Pi... And have you investigated using something like XFS as your filesystem instead? Mason> I need to be a