Re: 103 sec. latency: sync_page() with TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE (?)(bisected)

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sun Mar 23 2008 - 01:44:21 EST


On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:41:43 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > If a revert the above commit from the latest git kernel
> > (v2.6.25-rc6-243-g028011e), then I get an very good interactivity
> > while xjed is loading the 380MB file (meaning that I can do other things
> > during the load). Otherwise it takes almost 3 times longer to load,
> > and interactivity is very bad in the meanwhile. I doubled checked it.

hm.

>
> Thanks, I queued the below reversion. It would be great if you could
> confirm that this patch does indeed make 2.6.25-rc6 work as well as 2.6.24.

I guess you've already done this.
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