On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 12:58 +0200, Jure Pečar wrote: > On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:37:34 -0700 > Hans Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mike Benoit wrote: > > > > >Hi Jeff, > > > > > > I just tried the patch you suggested and it didn't make a > > > difference. > > >The load still spikes as soon as the free space falls below ~10%. > > > > > > > > Jeff, please audit your code for what happens when all the bitmap > > blocks reach 90% full. Could you discuss your design and code in > > that regard for our benefit? > > > > Mike, thanks so much for going to this much effort. It is rather > > likely this is a problem affecting many users. > > I run my busy mailservers with 0.5-2% free space (that's still a couple of > gigabytes) and have no problems. It's true that I haven't touched the kernel > & reiserfs there (2.4.21), so it does not have any additions to the reiserfs > v3 code since then. It just works, so I don't have any desire to fix it :) > >
My desktop machine (v2.6.16, same as my MythTV box) is running with 9% free space right now and it is not experiencing any slow down. I think the problem is caused by the usage pattern of MythTV and how it simultaneously streams one or more large files to the HD in relatively small chunks over a long period of time. -- Mike Benoit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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