* Very High Load on Disk Activity in 2.4.18 (and 2.4.18-pre8)
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@ 2002-05-25 12:26 ` jan.lists
2002-05-29 12:21 ` Denis Vlasenko
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From: jan.lists @ 2002-05-25 12:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hello,
I'm experiencing a strange effect. As soons as there is some higher disk
activity (untarring the linux kernel is enough, which really should be no
problem) the system load gets really high (some times over 10) but the CPU
is 100% idle (reported by top).
Usually the system freezes for some minutes (but is still replying to pings)
and is after this period (when disk I/O is finished) fully usable again.
There are no error messages in all logfiles and nothing seems to be wrong
except of this _really_ annoying 3-10 minute freezes under high activity.
I definatly have no idea what to do. I'm very shure that my SCSI-wiring
and the other hardware ist ok. There a no error messages or warnings in
"dmesg" or the normal system logs.I run various Hardwaretest, all are ok.
I read about similar problems in earlier Version of 2.4.x Kernels but these
are reported to be fixed. Are any Problems in the Mylex drivers or the
kernels VM known (and hopefully work arounds) that can cause this
behaviour?
thanks in advance and sorry for my bad englisch.
regards
jan schreiber
More info about the machine:
- Mylex Accleraid 352 (flashed to latest firmware)
- Intel Pentium III 1,2 GHz, 512 MB Ram, Intel i815 Chipset
- 10 36 GB SCSI drives connected (8 on Channel 0, 2 on channel 1), no other
devices connected
- Build one RAID-5 Drive out of 9 disks, the 10 disk is spare
- three primary Partitons (512 MB swap, 2 GB system , rest data partiton
(approx 270 Gb)
- Running SuSE 8.0 Pro
- Kernel 2.4.18 (from suse, built a new vanilla 2.4.18 and pre8 with same
results)
- using reiserfs 3.6 on all Partitons (except swap of course)
Mit freundlichen Gruessen
cionix GmbH
Jan Schreiber
Geschäftsführer | chief executive officer
_____________________________________
cionix GmbH
Bredower Str. 45 D-14612 Falkensee
Tel: [+49] Ø3322.2336-10
Fax: [+49] Ø3322.2336-11
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* Re: Very High Load on Disk Activity in 2.4.18 (and 2.4.18-pre8)
2002-05-25 12:26 ` Very High Load on Disk Activity in 2.4.18 (and 2.4.18-pre8) jan.lists
@ 2002-05-29 12:21 ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-05-30 9:19 ` Jan Schreiber
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Denis Vlasenko @ 2002-05-29 12:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jan.lists, linux-kernel
On 25 May 2002 10:26, jan.lists@cionix.de wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm experiencing a strange effect. As soons as there is some higher disk
> activity (untarring the linux kernel is enough, which really should be no
> problem) the system load gets really high (some times over 10) but the CPU
> is 100% idle (reported by top).
Which processes aren't sleeping? Look for STAT values other than 'S'
and/or type 'i' to switch top into no-idle mode.
--
vda
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* Re: Very High Load on Disk Activity in 2.4.18 (and 2.4.18-pre8)
2002-05-29 12:21 ` Denis Vlasenko
@ 2002-05-30 9:19 ` Jan Schreiber
2002-05-31 22:26 ` Mike Fedyk
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jan Schreiber @ 2002-05-30 9:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: vda; +Cc: linux-kernel
Hello,
> > I'm experiencing a strange effect. As soons as there is some higher disk
> > activity (untarring the linux kernel is enough, which really should be no
> > problem) the system load gets really high (some times over 10) but the
> CPU
> > is 100% idle (reported by top).
>
> Which processes aren't sleeping? Look for STAT values other than 'S'
> and/or type 'i' to switch top into no-idle mode.
First i would like to thank you for your answer
When i do a simple "find / * | grep bla bla" the Load is over 3 after
10 seconds and about 10 after a minute.
I did a "top" and switched to non-idle mode. The only processes that appear
constantly when the load is such high are "kupdated" and "kreiserfsd". Any
ideas?
jan schreiber
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* Re: Very High Load on Disk Activity in 2.4.18 (and 2.4.18-pre8)
2002-05-30 9:19 ` Jan Schreiber
@ 2002-05-31 22:26 ` Mike Fedyk
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mike Fedyk @ 2002-05-31 22:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: js; +Cc: vda, linux-kernel
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 11:19:21AM +0200, Jan Schreiber wrote:
> Hello,
>
> > > I'm experiencing a strange effect. As soons as there is some higher disk
> > > activity (untarring the linux kernel is enough, which really should be no
> > > problem) the system load gets really high (some times over 10) but the
> > CPU
> > > is 100% idle (reported by top).
> >
> > Which processes aren't sleeping? Look for STAT values other than 'S'
> > and/or type 'i' to switch top into no-idle mode.
>
> First i would like to thank you for your answer
>
> When i do a simple "find / * | grep bla bla" the Load is over 3 after
> 10 seconds and about 10 after a minute.
>
> I did a "top" and switched to non-idle mode. The only processes that appear
> constantly when the load is such high are "kupdated" and "kreiserfsd". Any
> ideas?
>
run:
ps ax|grep " D"
And list the output here. Also, is anything else running at the time?
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