On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 04:19:50PM +0200, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > Running the latest git kernel (3.0-rc3) my machine hangs for long > periods (1-2 sec) whenever I delete a large directory recursively on my > xfs partition. During the hang I cannot move the mouse pointer or use > the keyboard (but the music keeps playing without stuttering). A quick > way to reproduce is to "rm -fr" a kernel tree. Does this also happen when using the deadline I/O schedule, that is after a: echo "deadline" > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs