Comment 301 for bug 131094

Yes, please :-)

I have myself to blame for clicking randomly while being on the phone.
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Khalid Rashid

- "In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity", Albert Einstein.

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 19:31, Chauncellor <email address hidden> wrote:

> While I must say that this spam was pretty funny, should it be removed
> on account of that link?
>
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> Heavy Disk I/O harms desktop responsiveness
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131094
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> Status in The Linux Kernel: Invalid
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “linux-source-2.6.22” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.22
>
> When compared with 2.6.15 in feisty, heavy disk I/O causes increased iowait
> times and affects desktop responsiveness in 2.6.22
>
> this appears to be a regression from 2.6.15 where iowait is much lower and
> desktop responsiveness is unaffected with the same I/O load
>
> Easy to reproduce with tracker - index the same set of files with 2.6.15
> kernel and 2.6.22 kernel and the difference in desktop responsiveness is
> massive
>
> I have not confirmed if a non-tracker process which does heavy disk i/o
> (especially writing) replicates this yet - will do further investigation
> soon
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