msync() call on ext4 causes disk thrashing
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Sergiy Zuban <[email protected]> changed:
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--- Comment #12 from Sergiy Zuban <[email protected]> 2011-03-03 11:25:02 --- due to bad implementation of some apps/libs this bug cause continual disk access (HDD led is always ON) and possible disk damage. Is there a chance to somehow speed up release of fix for this bug (it's been reported over a year ago)? I believe the first step to change status to CONFIRMED.
Many people noticed unusual disk activity after upgrade to ext4:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=692073
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24044#c13
http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?p=891737
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Artem S. Tashkinov <[email protected]> changed:
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Resolution| |CODE_FIX--- Comment #13 from Artem S. Tashkinov <[email protected]> 2012-01-11 00:07:59 --- In one of recent kernels (somewhere around 2.6.38) this issue was fixed.
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--- Comment #14 from Sergiy Zuban <[email protected]> 2012-03-17 08:46:13 --- can someone else confirm it was really fixed? I'm still getting continual HDD activity on Linux laptop 3.0.0-16-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 27 17:50:54 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux in some apps (e.g. Miranda IM
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24044#c13)
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--- Comment #15 from Artem S. Tashkinov <[email protected]> 2012-03-17 09:07:57 --- (In reply to comment #14)
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can someone else confirm it was really fixed? I'm still getting continual HDD activity on Linux laptop 3.0.0-16-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 27 17:50:54 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux in some apps (e.g. Miranda IM
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24044#c13)
Please, try the attachment from comment 1. If you run it your HDD LED shouldn't light up, if it does then this bug is certainly not fixed.
Like I said "it works for me":
/dev/sdaX on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,nobarrier) /dev/sdaX on /home type ext4 (rw,noatime,nobarrier)
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