----- Original Message ---- > From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>; Fengguang Wu <wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxx>; Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; jplatte@xxxxxxxxx; Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; "linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>; Milan Broz <mbroz@xxxxxxxxxx>; Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:40:52 AM > Subject: Re: regression: 100% io-wait with 2.6.24-rcX > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 07:25:15AM -0800, Martin Knoblauch wrote: > > [root@lpsdm52 ~]# dmsetup table > > VolGroup00-LogVol02: 0 350945280 linear 104:2 67109248 > > VolGroup00-LogVol01: 0 8388608 linear 104:2 418054528 > > VolGroup00-LogVol00: 0 67108864 linear 104:2 384 > > The IO should pass straight through simple linear targets like > that without needing to get broken up, so I wouldn't expect those patches to > make any difference in this particular case. > Alasdair, LVM/DM are off the hook :-) I converted one box to direct using partitions and the performance is the same disappointment as with LVM/DM. Thanks anyway for looking at my problem. I will move the discussion now to a new thread, targetting CCISS directly. Cheers Martin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
