Re: XFS performance issues: O_DIRECT and Linux 2.6.6+

[James Foris <james.foris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

James Foris wrote:
> Nathan Scott wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 03:39:44PM -0500, James Foris wrote:
> >
> > > I have been using XFS in both IRIX and Linux for many years now, and 
> > > overall I am
> > > quite happy with it - recommend it to everyone, run it on my home 
> > > systems, etc.
> > >
> > > But, recently I ran into something that I need some help in 
> > > understanding/explaining.
> > > The title says it all, really, but the details follow below.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Before I forget completely, from talking to Christoph a few
> > days back he suggested that the problems you were seeing may
> > have been resolved by some fixes that have gone into the tree
> > in the last week or two (they certainly touch this area) - if
> > you could retry your tests and let us know whether you still
> > see this degredation on Linus' current -bk tree, that would
> > be much appreciated!

I misread the listings; there are only 2 "bk" releases on 
"http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/old/";
between 2.6.5 and 2.6.6-rc1.

I will know which caused this problem this afternoon.


Thanks,

Jim Foris

> Thanks again,
>
> Jim Foris
>
> > thanks.