I suppose they are caused by the Ubuntu initialization scripts. If you
look at the timestamp, you can see that they are early in the boot
process.
Javi
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:55 AM, Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Javi <javier.cabezas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I am using the current mount options:
>>
>> UUID=46fc675c-f196-4be2-bf4d-461d473de6b1 / ext4
>> errors=remount-ro,user_xattr 0 1
>>
>> And the dmesg messages I get are:
>>
>> [ Â Â2.908858] EXT4-fs (sda5): mounted filesystem with ordered data
>> mode. Opts: (null)
>> [ Â 14.167465] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts:
>> errors=remount-ro,user_xattr
>> [ Â 15.512701] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts:
>> errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,commit=0
>> [ Â 20.801609] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts:
>> errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,commit=0
>>
>> How can I give you more information?
>
> With dealloc enabled, temporary files with short lifeÂdo not cause I/Os.
> It seems that somebody
> triggersÂsomething like aÂ'sync'.
>
> Why are there several remounts here, manual or not?
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> ÂJavi
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > WasÂext4 mounted with dealloc?
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Javi <javier.cabezas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I am developing a software based DSM. In order to avoid concurrent
>> >> updates on a memory page that is being updated by the runtime I am
>> >> using a shadow mapping to perform the updates. This mappings are
>> >> created by opening a file, unlinking it and mmap-ing on the file
>> >> descriptor. Everything is working but I am experiencing heavy disk I/O
>> >> during execution on a machine with a single ext4 file system. Other
>> >> machines that use ext3 partitions don't exhibit this behavior (there
>> >> is no disk I/O at all). This machine is using the kernel version
>> >> 2.6.35-25-generic.
>> >>
>> >> The exact steps performed to create the mappings are:
>> >>
>> >> Â Â// Create the file
>> >> Â Âsnprintf(tmp, FILENAME_MAX, "/tmp/testXXXXXX");
>> >> Â Âint fd = mkstemp(tmp);
>> >> Â Âif(fd < 0) return NULL;
>> >> Â Âunlink(tmp);
>> >>
>> >> Â Âif(ftruncate(fd, count) < 0) {
>> >> Â Â Â Âclose(fd);
>> >> Â Â Â Âreturn NULL;
>> >> Â Â}
>> >> Â Â...
>> >>
>> >> Â Â// Create a mapping
>> >> Â Âaddr = mmap(NULL, count, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Does ext4 write to mmap'ed files although they don't have a name in
>> >> the file system? Am I doing anything wrong?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> ÂJavi
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>> >
>> > --
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>> > Yongqiang Yang
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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