I doubt this is going to be fixed upstream. This feature was put into the kernel sometime prior to 2004, and the first version was set even higher than 20%. And this becomes less of an issue if you have enough ram that you can give up the 20% of ram. On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 3:56 AM Sreyan Chakravarty <sreyan32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have some good news. > > The workaround : > > vm.dirty_background_bytes = 3000000 > vm.dirty_bytes = 5000000 > > worked wonders for me. > > I can now copy and watch YouTube at the same time. > > Thank you and hoped this is fixed in upstream soon. > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:30 PM Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 2020-04-01 15:49, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: >> > No, you are missing the point. The kernel needs to be on HDD, or rather the cache used by the kernel needs to be on the HDD. >> >> I don't think it is I missing the point. I already informed you of my system's configuration. So, I found >> it odd you'd be asking me for the additional test. Thus, my query to you. >> >> > >> > Anyways, can you tell me if Fedora 31 uses the BFQ scheduler by default now ? >> > >> > Because thats what I am reading here: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-Switching-To-BFQ >> >> Well, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1738828 >> >> Would appear to verify that. >> >> >> -- >> The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > Regards, > Sreyan Chakravarty > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
