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From: "Valdis Klētnieks" <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
To: Jeno P <write2jeno@gmail.com>
Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: fsync slowness + XFS -- Regd.
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 01:32:48 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <17020.1552973568@turing-police> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAsGhvRuaBqfmatoYRrjD+Hg8zWrs=PC25gMcfVtu1CiTXpH-A@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:40:29 +0530, Jeno P said:

> One of my module *(C/C++)* is writing to log files and periodically flushes
> it using *fsync()*. Even for small amount of data, *fsync* is taking more
> time *(>15 seconds)* than expected.

Is it possible that some other process is applying a file lock to the log file?
Any signs of I/O errors? 15 seconds is the sort of delay you might see on a
RAID controller with one dead or partially dead disk throwing timeouts...


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  reply	other threads:[~2019-03-19  6:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-19  2:10 fsync slowness + XFS -- Regd Jeno P
2019-03-19  5:32 ` Valdis Klētnieks [this message]
2019-03-19  6:06   ` Alex Painemilla

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