EXT3 - freeze ups during disk writes

Erik Elmore (lk@bigsexymo.com)
Sat, 1 Dec 2001 00:47:19 -0600 (CST)


Ever since I started using ext3fs, whenever there is a disk write, the
kernel sucks up all of the CPU thereby preempting everything and causing
the PC to freeze momentarily. Could this possibly be caused by the
journaling code in ext3?

-Erik

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