From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from imsantv20.netvigator.com (imsantv20 [127.0.0.1]) by imsantv20.netvigator.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4VFqdsx021619 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 23:52:39 +0800 From: Michael Frank Subject: Re: [PATCH] rmap 15j for 2.4.21-rc6 Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 23:52:15 +0800 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200305312348.42499.mflt1@micrologica.com.hk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Rik van Riel , linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Saturday 31 May 2003 22:48, Rik van Riel wrote: > > Today I finally merged rmap15j forward to marcelo's latest > release. The IO stall fixes should be especially interesting: > Patched rc6 ex BK OK and compiled with gcc295-3 OK On a P4/533-2.4Ghz/512MB with udma5 IDE ~50MB/s: Shows severe interactivity problems and hangs Scroll and mouse hangs and delayed response to keyboard greater 1s are easily observable. Test script: tstinter V0.1 http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0305.3/1291.html To reproduce cd to dir with script and execute from X console: ./tstinter start More instructions in script Other kernel results: 2.4.18 PIO DIES - see msg w. script, 2.4.18 udma2 OK, 2.4.19 Bad, 2.4.20 Bad, 2.4.21-rc1 Bad, 2.4.21-rc6 OK 2.5.70,-mm1,-mm2,-mm3 (OK) Regards Michael -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: aart@kvack.org