From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271134AbTGWIEH (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 04:04:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271141AbTGWIEH (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 04:04:07 -0400 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:17121 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S271134AbTGWIEE (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 04:04:04 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:48:44 +0530 From: Apurva Mehta To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: different behaviour with badblocks on 2.6.0-test1-mm1-07int Message-ID: <20030723081844.GB1324@home.woodlands> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030722214253.GD1176@matchmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030722214253.GD1176@matchmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Mike Fedyk [2003-07-23 12:01]: > Hi, > > I was testing a hard drive with badblocks (from the e2fsprogs-1.34) on the > 2.6.0-test1-mm1-07int (with Con's scheduler patch), and I noticed in vmstat > and gkrellm that during the write passes there are reads on the same drive > when there should only be writes. > > I tried stracing badblocks, but all it showed was write() calls, and vmstat > and gkrellm showed reads only, so it modified the behaviour. > > Has anyone else seen this? On 2.6.0-test1, gkrellm does not show any disk usage at all for me. The disk usage krell just remains blank. vmstat reports expected usage though. - Apurva