Re: 2.4.1pre8 slowdown on dbench tests

[Szabolcs Szakacsits]

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 19 2001, Szabolcs Szakacsits wrote:
> > Redone with big enough swap by requests.
> > 2.4.0,132MB swap
> > 548.81user 128.97system    11:22  99%CPU (442433major+705419minor)
> > 561.12user 171.06system    12:29  97%CPU (446949major+712525minor)
> > 625.68user 2833.29system 1:12:38  79%CPU (638957major+1463974minor)
> > ===========
> > 2.4.1pre8,132MB swap
> > 548.71user 117.93system    11:09  99%CPU (442434major+705420minor)
> > 558.93user 166.82system    12:20  98%CPU (446941major+712662minor)
> > 621.37user 2592.54system 1:07:33  79%CPU (592679major+1311442minor)
>
> Better, could you try with the number changes that Andrea suggested
> too? Thanks.

Helped intensive swapping a bit, degraded other cases [no or slight
swapping].

2.4.1pre8,32MB RAM,132MB swap,blk suggestion
544.19user 141.25system    11:31  99%CPU (442419major+705411minor)
554.83user 191.57system    12:41  98%CPU (445762major+710409minor)
612.05user 2551.37system 1:07:21  78%CPU (589623major+1313665minor)