Re: how is data cached in the memory when using loop device

[Newsmail <newsmail@satimex.tvnet.hu>]

things seem to be much better with this 'nice' setting. btw why did it have 
so high priority?
greg
At 20:43 2002. 08. 27.istory., you wrote:
>Newsmail wrote:
> > I'm using the -ac kernels, with riels VM. unfortunately that vm is not
> > documented at all, I have no idea how it works exactly. I'm trying to tune
> > a bit bdflush maybe if would help, but I didnt have too much succes yet
> > with it.
>
>Can you change line 795 of loop-AES-v1.6f/loop.c-2.4.diff from:
>
>+       set_user_nice(current, -20);
>
>to:
>
>+       set_user_nice(current, 0);
>
>and recompile loop.o, and "rmmod loop", and try again. After that change
>loop helper thread should get less CPU time. Please let me know how it
>works.
>
> > ps: what is the loop helper thread?
>
>Just a process dedicated to doing crypto and loop work. Each initialized
>loop device has one such process on 2.4 and 2.5 kernels.
>
>Regards,
>Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>


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