On Friday, February 01, 2002 10:19:53 AM -0600 Matthew Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 08:39:51AM -0500, Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Friday, February 01, 2002 04:05:34 PM +0000 Edward Shushkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>> > Hello Matthew.
>> > Also there is a fragment of reiserfs code that looks like a bad scheduling.
>> > Please apply the attached patch against 2.4.17 and tell us about results.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Edward.
>>
>> Ok, I give, I like it. The low latency patch from Andrew was
>> read-latency2.patch, you can pick one for your kernel version from:
>>
>> http://zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/2.4
>>
>> I do agree Edward's patch will help more, but I expect Andrew's to
>> help as well (even on scsi boxes). You should get the most benefit
>> from both patches.
>
> I will dilligently apply both and power-cycle the box without
> proper unmounting this evening. Thanks for the help, and I'll
> let you know how this turns out.
Please use the reset button instead. With DMA on IDE drives, a power cycle
while the DMA is in progress can badly corrupt things.
-chris
