Vladimir V. Saveliev wrote (ao): > Sander wrote: > > Vladimir V. Saveliev wrote (ao): > >>Please unapply the attached patch and check whether it makes any effect. > > > > Is there any risk involved in testing this patch? > > It should not. The only problem it will cause is not updating atime on > accessing > files. > > > And is this a real patch which fixes a real problem, or is it a test? > > No. This is not a fix. This is a patch which I suspect is responsible for sync > performance drop. It fixes old reiser4 bug known as "not updating atime". > I asked you to reverse this patch to check whether this patch caused recent > sync > performance degradation.
Ah! Now, if I remount my Reiser4 filesystem noatime,nodiratime, the problem is gone. Does that help? Do you still want me to test a kernel with your patch? -- Humilis IT Services and Solutions http://www.humilis.net
