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Date:      Fri, 7 Nov 1997 13:00:27 -0500 (EST)
From:      Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com>
To:        Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ufslk2
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.971107125952.18874F-100000@echonyc.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971106203923.28822I-100000@alive.znep.com>

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Check out lsof -- I think it's in the ports collection.  It can tell you
what files are open and who is accessing them.

On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Marc Slemko wrote:

> I have a news server that likes making innd hang in ufslk2 for periods of
> up to 30 seconds every time a sync is done.  
> 
> Is there any easy way to find out what file system (or even file) it is
> blocking on while the sync is happening?
> 
> Most are mounted async.  I have increased kern.update from the default of
> 30 to something higher because it does give a performance gain.
> Unfortunately, it results in longer periods of hang when it happens.
> Decreasing it back to 30 results hurts the server overall, although it
> does obviously reduce the time taken to sync each time (and therefore the
> time innd hangs in ufslk2) a lot, but it still adds up to a similar
> number.  Yes, mounting async hurts this too but has a better overall
> impact.
> 
> Any work being done on having the system be nicer when syncing if it has a
> large amount of data to sync?
> 
> This is on 2.2-stable from a few months ago.
> 
> 
> 



 Ben

"You have your mind on computers, it seems." 




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