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SubjectRe: pdflush question...
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On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 05:24, Daniel Blueman wrote:
> Is it worth having a kernel config option to vary the number of 'pdflush'
> kernel threads?

I suspect no.

> For embedded, systems with no swap and maybe uniproc (?), perhaps one
> pdflush kthread would do?

Yes. Definitely. In fact, I think that, for all systems, the initial
default should perhaps be one.

But note that the reason for n>1 pdflush threads is neither swap or
processor related. The multiple threads can keep multiple block devices
busy, since one thread blocking on I/O will not affect another one.

I guess the real test would be to set MIN_PDFLUSH_THREADS to one and see
if one is enough for the average machines. If the number quickly jumps
to 2 or more... then we know its a bad idea.

> Perhaps more generally, the number could be linked to the number of
> processors and/or swap devices or spindles- this would eliminate having to configure
> it, and improve downward and upward scaling, perhaps?

Number of spindles, yes. But how do we know that? And its just the
number of busy spindles, really.

I say we drop down to one.

Robert Love


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