On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:59:34PM -0500, Andrew McNabb wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 09:56:14PM -0600, Phillip Hellewell wrote: > > > > Has anyone else run into this and did you resolve it by switching to > > data=writeback or by using a different filesystem like JFS or XFS? > > I run into this--or something similar--once every month or two, but I > haven't figured out what's causing it. I'll have to try your > suggestion, but the problem is rare enough that it will be hard to tell > whether it makes a difference. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Hi Andrew, You could try this to reproduce it: 1. Run "dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/test.dat" in a console window. 2. Run iotop in another console window. 3. Edit a small text file and try to save it. If #3 takes longer than a few seconds, and #2 shows 99.99% for journald or jbd2, then you are probably experiencing the same thing I was. Phillip -- Phillip Hellewell <sshock AT sshock.net> -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
