Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.19/2.6.20-rc3 buffered write slowdown

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On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 10:13:55AM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> David Chinner wrote:
> >On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 03:04:15PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> >
> >>On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, David Chinner wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>The performance and smoothness is fully restored on 2.6.20-rc3
> >>>by setting dirty_ratio down to 10 (from the default 40), so
> >>>something in the VM is not working as well as it used to....
> >>
> >>dirty_background_ratio is left as is at 10?
> >
> >
> >Yes.
> >
> >
> >>So you gain performance by switching off background writes via pdflush?
> >
> >
> >Well, pdflush appears to be doing very little on both 2.6.18 and
> >2.6.20-rc3. In both cases kswapd is consuming 10-20% of a CPU and
> >all of the pdflush threads combined (I've seen up to 7 active at
> >once) use maybe 1-2% of cpu time. This occurs regardless of the
> >dirty_ratio setting.
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> Could you get /proc/vmstat deltas for each kernel, to start with?

Sure, but that doesn't really show the how erratic the per-filesystem
throughput is because the test I'm running is PCI-X bus limited in
it's throughput at about 750MB/s. Each dm device is capable of about
340MB/s write, so when one slows down, the others will typically
speed up.

So, what I've attached is three files which have both
'vmstat 5' output and 'iostat 5 |grep dm-' output in them.

	- 2.6.18.out - 2.6.18 behaviour near start of writes.
	  Behaviour does not change over the couse of the test,
	  just gets a bit slower as the test moves from the outer
	  edge of the disk to the inner. erractic behaviour is
	  highlighted.

	- 2.6.20-rc3.out - 2.6.20-rc3 behaviour near start of writes.
	  Somewhat more erratic than 2.6.18, but about 100-150GB into
	  the write test, things change with dirty_ratio=40. erractic
	  behaviour is highlighted.

	- 2.6.20-rc3-worse.out - 2.6.20-rc3 behavour when things go
	  bad. We're not keeping the disks or the PCI-X bus fully
	  utilised (each dm device can do about 300MB/s at this offset)
	  and aggregate throughput has dropped to 500-600MB/s.

With 2.6.20-rc3 and dirty_ratio = 10, the performance drop-off part way
into the test does not occur and the output is almost identical to
2.6.18.out.

> I'm guessing CPU time isn't a problem, but if it is then I guess
> profiles as well.

Plenty of idle cpu so I don't think it's a problem.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group
2.6.18-1-amd64 from debian unstable
/proc/sys/vm at defaults

$ vmstat 5
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
 2  4      0 1807512    200 14052784    0    0     4  1638   76   41  0  1 99  0
 7  2      0  91300     40 15726136    0    0     6 750452 2060 7153  1 53 13 33
 3  3      0  89144     40 15719372    0    0     0 765470 2028 8306  0 57 16 27
 3  3      0  90620     40 15737432    0    0     8 734020 2231 8449  1 55 16 28
 1  4      0  93400     40 15732968    0    0     0 754329 2200 8208  0 55 15 30
 1  4      0  94684     24 15737896    0    0     5 743548 2227 8862  1 56 14 29
 2  1      0  87684      8 15828324    0    0     0 669015 2071 8571  0 46 27 27    <<<<<
 3  3      0  91028      8 15735904    0    0     2 754430 2099 8252  1 46 30 24
 2  4      0  89868      8 15778236    0    0     0 707134 2174 9668  0 47 24 29
 2  8      0  88980      8 15740856    0    0     0 762258 2275 7690  1 54 15 30
 3  7      0  92736      8 15734196    0    0     5 747985 2248 7365  0 56 17 26
 3  6      0  90172      8 15744740    0    0     0 740884 2312 8348  0 57 15 28
 2  7      0  89380      8 15741924    0    0     0 754114 2264 10184  0 57 15 28
 3  5      0  94296      8 15807056    0    0     8 696285 2367 10537  0 54 14 32
 2  6      0  88644      8 15791416    0    0     2 693826 2210 16981  0 44 19 37
 2  7      0  93136      8 15793116    0    0     5 725302 2371 17737  1 52 14 34
 3 10      0  87428      8 15753932    0    0     0 773513 2285 17724  0 56  7 37
 3  8      0  90800      8 15753124    0    0     6 739142 2375 16656  1 58 10 31
 4  8      0  93096      8 15754324    0    0     0 749338 2415 18957  0 60 10 30
 2 11      0  86628      8 15760316    0    0     9 746439 2462 17413  1 60 11 29
 3  5      0  87772      8 15829824    0    0     4 650377 2404 18220  0 49 16 35    <<<<<
 1  6      0  90944      8 15803152    0    0     6 709598 2402 11936  1 48 13 38
 7  7      0  89092      8 15783484    0    0     0 736173 2451 12959  0 51 14 35
 1 11      0  85788      8 15752500    0    0     1 760675 2467 10508  1 54 11 34
 4  9      0  88324      8 15748964    0    0     5 738161 2496 6939  0 57 13 30
 3  8      0  91804      8 15751276    0    0     2 740564 2554 9801  1 59 12 29
 2  9      0  91708      8 15761608    0    0     0 738580 2474 16851  0 60 11 28
 4  8      0  87148      8 15774140    0    0     0 735378 2598 24892  0 60  9 30
 5  9      0  87820      8 15767248    0    0     2 712053 2715 25149  0 56 13 31
 2  9      0  94568      8 15756724    0    0     5 751153 2525 19390  1 60  8 31
 3  8      0  88996      8 15764540    0    0     0 739513 2554 17517  0 60 12 28
 4  9      0  88060      8 15770108    0    0     0 733779 2617 14532  1 59 10 31
 1 11      0  84372      8 15767840    0    0     0 748831 2575 16348  0 60 12 28
 4 10      0  85276      8 15769740    0    0    44 739195 2570 15844  1 60 10 30
 3 10      0  90464      8 15757564    0    0    50 742243 2587 17061  0 58  9 32
 3  6      0  92368      8 15781128    0    0     4 655346 2599 14666  1 48 18 33    <<<<<
 3  7      0  94220      8 15812424    0    0     0 593861 2587 15113  0 38 31 31    <<<<<
 8  8      0  90684      8 15786132    0    0     0 690888 2682 15278  1 47 15 38    <<<<<
 1 10      0  89076      8 15754540    0    0     4 735318 2602 11575  0 55 10 36
 2  9      0  91340      8 15752164    0    0     1 736788 2671 11438  0 59 14 26
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
 3  9      0  89000      8 15756816    0    0     0 746851 2543 10281  0 60 15 25
 3 10      0  89420      8 15753108    0    0     1 745210 2619 12884  1 61 13 25
 1 11      0  84588      8 15762012    0    0     2 695561 2718 13985  0 54 10 36
 3  9      0  87012      8 15759400    0    0    10 728164 2722 11159  1 59 10 30
 2  9      0  91472      8 15757548    0    0     6 723808 2669 13573  0 57 13 29
 4  8      0  89160      8 15759376    0    0     0 742918 2661 15718  1 60 12 27
 2 10      0  85084      8 15771616    0    0     0 724117 2671 18962  0 61  9 30
 4  9      0  92472      8 15771296    0    0     1 725714 2811 24185  1 60 12 28
 2 10      0  92068      8 15773208    0    0     4 734559 2726 27220  0 60 11 29
 2 11      0  85592      8 15773564    0    0     2 737879 2714 27623  1 60 11 28
 3 10      0  91700      8 15766072    0    0     2 718346 2646 22216  0 56 15 29
 3 10      0  83776      8 15775852    0    0     0 727938 2753 23132  1 61 10 29
 3  8      0  93516      8 15771240    0    0     0 734910 2711 23445  0 62 12 26
 2  9      0  88968      8 15776408    0    0     5 732068 2734 23289  1 62 11 26

$ iostat 5 |grep dm-
dm-0            226.47         3.28      6213.88      11668   22084021
dm-1            216.82         3.29      5681.85      11692   20193189
dm-2            230.18         3.29      5762.51      11692   20479829
dm-0          31150.80         0.00    498411.24          0    2482088
dm-1          29964.66         0.00    479434.54          0    2387584
dm-2          32157.23         0.00    514515.66          0    2562288
dm-0          31355.53         0.00    501688.53          0    2493392
dm-1          30267.40         0.00    484276.86          0    2406856
dm-2          32690.14         0.00    523042.25          0    2599520
dm-0          30640.85         0.00    490329.18          0    2436936
dm-1          31119.32         0.00    497986.32          0    2474992
dm-2          31146.88         0.00    498401.61          0    2477056
dm-0          11263.65         0.00    361658.43          0    1801059    <<<<<
dm-1          23827.51         0.00    543884.94          0    2708547    <<<<<
dm-2          15443.37         0.00    376792.57          0    1876427    <<<<<
dm-0          24433.06         0.00    488340.73          0    2422170
dm-1          30285.08         0.00    542182.26          0    2689224
dm-2          14798.59         0.00    469650.00          0    2329464
dm-0          23780.96         0.00    566244.49          0    2825560    <<<<<
dm-1          31165.93         0.00    560659.12          0    2797689    <<<<<
dm-2          12451.50         0.00    440997.60          0    2200578    <<<<<
dm-0          29361.77         0.00    469781.89          0    2334816
dm-1          31076.26         0.00    497215.29          0    2471160
dm-2          31230.18         0.00    499679.68          0    2483408
dm-0          32040.32         0.00    512641.94          0    2542704
dm-1          31585.69         0.00    505369.35          0    2506632
dm-2          30485.08         0.00    487758.06          0    2419280
dm-0          31143.95         0.00    498300.00          0    2471568
dm-1          32371.37         0.00    517941.94          0    2568992
dm-2          30724.60         0.00    491593.55          0    2438304
dm-0          30964.92         0.00    495433.87          0    2457352
dm-1          31821.17         0.00    509137.10          0    2525320
dm-2          31084.88         0.00    497353.23          0    2466872
dm-0          22213.86         0.00    431683.94          0    2149786    <<<<<
dm-1          19303.82         3.21    406148.19         16    2022618    <<<<<
dm-2          24112.85         0.00    481736.55          0    2399048    <<<<<
dm-0          32586.52         0.00    521364.99          0    2591184
dm-1          26891.15         0.00    533442.25          0    2651208
dm-2          30924.35         0.00    494713.88          0    2458728
dm-0          32124.95         0.00    513909.94          0    2533576
dm-1          31073.63         0.00    497169.98          0    2451048
dm-2          30958.42         0.00    495117.24          0    2440928
dm-0          31779.44         0.00    508403.23          0    2521680
dm-1          30971.57         0.00    495524.19          0    2457800
dm-2          31085.08         0.00    497133.87          0    2465784
dm-0          32254.03         0.00    515925.81          0    2558992
dm-1          30127.62         0.00    481991.94          0    2390680
dm-2          32006.05         0.00    512008.06          0    2539560
dm-0          22819.92         4.83    526683.70         24    2617618    <<<<<
dm-1          15316.30         4.83    411950.50         24    2047394    <<<<<
dm-2          16564.59         8.05    434072.03         40    2157338    <<<<<
dm-0          18948.69         3.23    481028.28         16    2381090
dm-1          19329.90         0.00    445191.52          0    2203698
dm-2          24194.75         0.00    454280.81          0    2248690
dm-0          38064.65         0.00    608997.17          0    3014536    <<<<<
dm-1          35084.65         0.00    561273.54          0    2778304    <<<<<
dm-2            723.84         0.00    321928.08          0    1593544    <<<<<
dm-0          31022.29         0.00    496204.02          0    2471096
dm-1          30877.11         0.00    493871.49          0    2459480
dm-2          23065.26         0.00    516738.96          0    2573360
dm-0          31469.90         0.00    503505.45          0    2492352
dm-1          29785.86         0.00    476305.45          0    2357712
dm-2          32217.17         0.00    515424.65          0    2551352
dm-0          31458.87         0.00    503259.68          0    2496168
dm-1          29787.70         0.00    476203.23          0    2361968
dm-2          31912.50         0.00    510553.23          0    2532344
dm-0          31722.78         0.00    507559.68          0    2517496
dm-1          31753.02         0.00    507954.84          0    2519456
dm-2          30015.52         0.00    479920.97          0    2380408
dm-0          31761.13         0.00    508152.63          0    2510274
dm-1          29887.25         0.00    477944.94          0    2361048
dm-2          30137.85         0.00    482254.25          0    2382336
dm-0          21502.83         0.00    488791.92          0    2419520
dm-1          30429.49         0.00    486623.03          0    2408784
dm-2          30606.87         0.00    489622.63          0    2423632
dm-0          32404.22         0.00    518364.66          0    2581456
dm-1          29427.91         0.00    470522.09          0    2343200
dm-2          31702.01         0.00    507203.21          0    2525872
dm-0          31864.04         0.00    509805.25          0    2523536
dm-1          31660.20         0.00    506454.95          0    2506952
dm-2          29938.99         0.00    478516.36          0    2368656
dm-0          31114.75         0.00    497692.12          0    2463576
dm-1          30767.07         0.00    492061.41          0    2435704
dm-2          31053.94         0.00    496738.59          0    2458856
dm-0          32305.04         0.00    516856.45          0    2563608
dm-1          31119.96         0.00    497622.58          0    2468208
dm-2          30513.10         0.00    487833.87          0    2419656
dm-0          32361.62         0.00    517675.96          0    2562496
dm-1          29420.61         0.00    470370.91          0    2328336
dm-2          31926.06         0.00    510792.73          0    2528424
dm-0          30932.39         0.00    494989.47          0    2445248
dm-1          32021.46         0.00    512369.23          0    2531104
dm-2          30555.67         0.00    488898.79          0    2415160
dm-0          25578.14         0.00    529783.00          0    2617128
dm-1          30213.97         0.00    483229.15          0    2387152
dm-2          31086.64         0.00    506953.85          0    2504352
dm-0          30769.76         0.00    492275.81          0    2441688
dm-1          31664.31         0.00    506608.06          0    2512776
dm-2          30774.19         0.00    492314.52          0    2441880
dm-0          31153.72         0.00    498317.91          0    2476640
dm-1          30733.40         0.00    491517.10          0    2442840
dm-2          31614.29         0.00    505740.04          0    2513528
dm-0          31665.52         0.00    506700.00          0    2513232
dm-1          31119.35         0.00    497848.39          0    2469328
dm-2          30385.08         0.00    485975.81          0    2410440
dm-0          24149.60         4.86    464011.74         24    2292218
dm-1          21799.19         0.00    463535.63          0    2289866
dm-2          28986.84         0.00    484500.40          0    2393432
dm-0          28882.66         0.00    461990.32          0    2291472
dm-1          29911.49         1.61    478564.52          8    2373680
dm-2          29888.91         0.00    487735.48          0    2419168
dm-0          30865.73         0.00    493837.10          0    2449432
dm-1          28708.87         3.23    503904.84         16    2499368
dm-2          30902.22         4.84    504001.61         24    2499848
dm-0          31659.27         0.00    506483.87          0    2512160
dm-1          31373.39         0.00    501814.52          0    2489000
dm-2          30631.25         0.00    489846.77          0    2429640
dm-0          29666.80         0.00    474531.99          0    2358424
dm-1          30355.33         0.00    485514.69          0    2413008
dm-2          30551.31         0.00    488505.43          0    2427872
dm-0          29918.15         0.00    478454.84          0    2373136
dm-1          30949.80         0.00    495179.03          0    2456088
dm-2          31393.15         0.00    502204.84          0    2490936
dm-0          30278.38         0.00    484286.06          0    2397216
dm-1          31032.73         0.00    496501.01          0    2457680
dm-2          31428.08         0.00    502841.21          0    2489064
dm-0          30813.08         0.00    493051.11          0    2450464    <<<<<
dm-1          31612.88         0.00    505817.51          0    2513913    <<<<<
dm-2          27513.28         3.22    440259.76         16    2188091    <<<<<
dm-0          31584.85         0.00    505252.53          0    2501000
dm-1          32325.86         0.00    517141.01          0    2559848
dm-2          20020.20         0.00    464043.64          0    2297016
dm-0          30549.19         0.00    488669.35          0    2423800
dm-1          31501.21         0.00    503943.55          0    2499560
dm-2          30221.17         0.00    483325.81          0    2397296
dm-0          29849.60         0.00    477311.29          0    2367464
dm-1          31148.79         0.00    498250.00          0    2471320
dm-2          30749.40         0.00    496754.84          0    2463904
dm-0          31116.30         0.00    497820.52          0    2474168
dm-1          30522.13         0.00    488333.20          0    2427016
dm-2          30494.57         0.00    487793.96          0    2424336

2.6.20-rc3, default vm tunings

$ vmstat 5
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
 3  5      0  87864      8 15723492    0    0    48 64452  253  908  0 18 72  9
 3  6      0  87520      8 15726764    0    0     5 747371 2295 15063  0 57 19 24
 3  6      0  91612      8 15726768    0    0     0 743760 2343 15321  1 57 17 25
 4  5      0  87912      8 15744920    0    0     2 727226 2312 13431  0 57 20 24
 1  7      0  87848      8 15798020    0    0     1 495273 1878 7874  1 24 61 14     <<<<<<<
 2 10      0  89364      8 15756660    0    0     0 681229 2401 24021  0 54 20 26
 2 10      0  93892      8 15749864    0    0     5 736260 2514 26324  1 59 11 30
 5  8      0  88716      8 15749160    0    0     0 751747 2389 27372  0 59 11 29
 2 10      0  90880      8 15743488    0    0     0 746821 2384 26088  1 59  9 32
 3  9      0  91520      8 15747588    0    0     0 741946 2345 28706  0 60 13 27
 4 10      0  86928      8 15756244    0    0     4 744362 2425 28480  1 61 14 25
 3  8      0  91932      8 15757916    0    0     9 590591 2141 14653  0 36 31 33     <<<<<<<
 3  9      0  88180      8 15778396    0    0     2 534214 2311 20443  1 37 26 37     <<<<<<<
 2  9      0  88976      8 15762576    0    0     2 717699 2516 30072  0 56 17 27
 7  8      0  92892      8 15757448    0    0     0 747566 2485 32363  1 61 12 27
 1 10      0  86364      8 15759024    0    0     0 749395 2453 30159  0 60 13 27
 5  8      0  92860      8 15752016    0    0     6 745046 2462 29773  1 60 11 28
 4 10      0  91700      8 15754044    0    0     0 745897 2422 31167  0 60 12 28
 2  9      0  93368      8 15773256    0    0     0 636481 2736 29868  1 52  7 41     <<<<<<<
 0 11      0  92920      8 15752060    0    0     0 737382 2639 32313  0 58 13 28
 1 10      0  87772      8 15759076    0    0     0 742549 2478 30909  1 61 13 26
 3  8      0  91632      8 15759116    0    0     5 742481 2464 31315  0 61 13 27
 2 10      0  85992      8 15760688    0    0    14 740988 2639 31975  1 61  9 30
 3  8      0  92352      8 15751444    0    0     0 742023 2557 29505  0 61 12 27
 3  8      0  90332      8 15747752    0    0     0 748272 2537 27328  1 60 18 21
 4  8      0  92128      8 15769772    0    0     0 677031 2614 27487  0 56 13 31     <<<<<<<
 2  9      0  92028      8 15760824    0    0     5 724803 2652 27075  1 57 10 32
 5  8      0  86600      8 15763456    0    0     0 739023 2557 31041  0 61 15 24
 2  9      0  93508      8 15751448    0    0     1 747915 2629 28523  1 62 11 26
 5  9      0  90224      8 15755416    0    0     0 744098 2509 27222  0 63 10 27
 1 11      0  91948      8 15758920    0    0     0 744949 2561 27062  1 61 11 28
 1 10      0  89108      8 15755400    0    0     5 749241 2553 28086  0 60 12 28
12  8      0  90292      8 15778824    0    0     2 690422 2696 28210  1 56 16 27     <<<<<<<
 2  9      0  94316      8 15762820    0    0     2 621403 2741 26233  0 47 22 31     <<<<<<<
 0 11      0  91864      8 15759612    0    0     1 734336 2671 30539  1 59 14 26
 4  9      0  88592      8 15755156    0    0     2 743448 2600 27277  0 61 16 24
 3  8      0  92236      8 15746248    0    0     7 740407 2643 26521  1 61 17 21
 3  9      0  87024      8 15755208    0    0     0 748968 2587 31585  0 63 12 25
 6  8      0  91032      8 15748884    0    0     0 745108 2569 27812  1 62 10 28
 2  8      0  89656      8 15776280    0    0     2 697020 2639 26038  0 57 12 30
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
 4  8      0  91660      8 15770328    0    0     1 722922 2719 28936  1 56 15 28
 2 10      0  89032      8 15779088    0    0     5 679131 2871 29320  0 55 20 24     <<<<<<<
 4  8      0  87044      8 15777288    0    0     0 718871 2747 30824  1 59 19 21
 3  9      0  89644      8 15770644    0    0     0 746693 2574 32736  0 64  9 27
 4  8      0  92260      8 15773276    0    0     0 742171 2631 33458  1 66  7 27
 1 11      0  87176      8 15772488    0    0     0 746909 2627 34393  0 66 13 21
 1  7      0  87696      8 15792288    0    0     6 711137 2683 31292  0 61 12 26
 2  7      0  92700      8 15778184    0    0     0 616361 2652 23023  0 48 23 29     <<<<<<<
 3 10      0  84792      8 15752604    0    0     0 750780 2683 24771  0 63 11 26
 5  9      0  92944      8 15743256    0    0     0 749332 2681 25124  0 64 17 19
 1 10      0  94048      8 15741900    0    0     0 735865 2675 29609  0 65  9 26
 9  9      0  90672      8 15740272    0    0     5 747928 2688 25178  0 66  8 26
 3  8      0  87356      8 15749596    0    0     1 730961 2718 26207  1 64 16 20
 2  9      0  88708      8 15750372    0    0     0 740069 2649 25111  0 65 16 19
 2 10      0  83480      8 15770688    0    0     2 628456 2845 23485  1 52 22 25     <<<<<<<
 3  8      0  92748      8 15751520    0    0     0 733477 2788 33597  0 64 12 24
 2  9      0  94188      8 15749032    0    0     5 740086 2724 34426  1 66 13 20
 3  9      0  89168      8 15750168    0    0     0 738250 2723 31540  0 65 16 19
 4  8      0  89388      8 15758480    0    0     3 706912 3034 32462  1 63  7 29
 3  8      0  88364      8 15759132    0    0     2 738317 2745 34635  0 66  9 26
 5  9      0  89300      8 15755912    0    0     5 737039 2824 33647  1 65  7 27
 2  8      0  86640      8 15765904    0    0     0 622271 3029 24950  0 52 17 30     <<<<<<<
 3  9      0  87144      8 15758820    0    0     0 694992 3123 26889  1 62  7 31
 1 10      0  86968      8 15756064    0    0     0 736023 2867 24487  0 65  3 32
11  9      0  89468      8 15756400    0    0     6 721520 2904 23735  1 64  3 32
 9  9      0  91564      8 15756660    0    0     1 710507 3029 25829  0 64  3 33
 2  9      0  88196      8 15754908    0    0     0 724214 3002 26844  1 66  2 31


$ iostat 5 |grep dm-
dm-0           9134.66        11.56    166305.84       1903   27380594
dm-1           8620.94        11.56    158204.25       1903   26046748
dm-2           8916.15        11.56    165543.95       1903   27255156
dm-0          34293.75         0.00    548691.07          0    2458136
dm-1          35079.02         0.00    561233.93          0    2514328
dm-2          35228.79         0.00    563646.43          0    2525136
dm-0          34237.64         0.00    547802.23          0    2459632
dm-1          34295.55         0.00    548728.73          0    2463792
dm-2          34899.78         0.00    558392.87          0    2507184
dm-0          34518.30         0.00    552292.86          0    2474272
dm-1          34491.07         0.00    551850.00          0    2472288
dm-2          34769.20         0.00    556307.14          0    2492256
dm-0          33206.70         3.57    531393.30         16    2380642
dm-1          33909.38         0.00    542646.88          0    2431058
dm-2          35174.55         0.00    562889.73          0    2521746
dm-0           3334.30         0.00    299309.64          0    1334921     <<<<<<<
dm-1           3046.64         0.00    326809.19          0    1457569     <<<<<<<
dm-2           3493.50         0.00    448256.73          0    1999225     <<<<<<<
dm-0          19059.56         0.00    325194.67          0    1463376     <<<<<<<
dm-1          31279.11         0.00    561379.56          0    2526208     <<<<<<<
dm-2          35930.44         0.00    639664.00          0    2878488     <<<<<<<
dm-0          22602.02         0.00    361628.70          0    1612864     <<<<<<<
dm-1          40571.75         0.00    649147.98          0    2895200     <<<<<<<
dm-2          40258.30         0.00    644127.35          0    2872808     <<<<<<<
dm-0          35988.57         0.00    575817.04          0    2568144
dm-1          34716.37         0.00    555461.88          0    2477360
dm-2          34521.08         0.00    552337.22          0    2463424
dm-0          36909.23         0.00    590545.95          0    2622024
dm-1          34323.20         0.00    549171.17          0    2438320
dm-2          34153.60         0.00    546344.14          0    2425768
dm-0          34906.67         0.00    558506.67          0    2513280
dm-1          33709.56         0.00    539349.33          0    2427072
dm-2          34209.56         0.00    547287.11          0    2462792
dm-0          35394.17         0.00    566410.76          0    2526192
dm-1          33390.36         0.00    534306.73          0    2383008
dm-2          35356.05         0.00    565808.07          0    2523504
dm-0          16723.60         0.00    469194.61          0    2087916     <<<<<<<
dm-1           9435.96         0.00    366801.57          0    1632267     <<<<<<<
dm-2          21639.10         5.39    508268.31         24    2261794     <<<<<<<
dm-0          11498.67         0.00    315091.56          0    1417912     <<<<<<<
dm-1          21372.22         5.33    475187.56         24    2138344     <<<<<<<
dm-2          15014.89         0.00    394926.67          0    1777170     <<<<<<<
dm-0          33084.34         5.37    529331.54         24    2366112     <<<<<<<
dm-1          41148.10         0.00    658367.79          0    2942904     <<<<<<<
dm-2          25574.72         0.00    409111.41          0    1828728     <<<<<<<
dm-0          34765.18         0.00    556241.07          0    2491960
dm-1          34749.78         0.00    555996.43          0    2490864
dm-2          34273.21         0.00    548369.64          0    2456696
dm-0          35772.10         0.00    572341.07          0    2564088
dm-1          33792.86         0.00    540530.36          0    2421576
dm-2          35690.40         0.00    571044.64          0    2558280
dm-0          34965.55         0.00    559429.08          0    2500648
dm-1          35015.21         0.00    560243.40          0    2504288
dm-2          34003.80         0.00    543958.84          0    2431496
dm-0          34828.79         0.00    557366.07          0    2497000
dm-1          35144.42         0.00    562417.86          0    2519632
dm-2          33988.39         0.00    543769.64          0    2436088
dm-0          25764.04         0.00    412182.02          0    1834210     <<<<<<<
dm-1          22946.29         0.00    367083.60          0    1633522     <<<<<<<
dm-2          39979.10         0.00    653973.93          0    2910184     <<<<<<<
dm-0          37178.92         0.00    594832.29          0    2652952     <<<<<<<
dm-1          24420.63         0.00    390550.67          0    1741856     <<<<<<<
dm-2          40920.18         0.00    654695.96          0    2919944     <<<<<<<
dm-0          35388.37         0.00    566144.07          0    2530664
dm-1          35114.09         0.00    561782.55          0    2511168
dm-2          33981.66         0.00    543676.06          0    2430232
dm-0          35202.01         0.00    563228.64          0    2517632
dm-1          34419.69         0.00    550713.20          0    2461688
dm-2          34196.64         0.00    547112.30          0    2445592
dm-0          34176.73         0.00    546731.10          0    2443888
dm-1          32948.99         0.00    526990.60          0    2355648
dm-2          36352.57         0.00    581617.90          0    2599832
dm-0          35192.86         0.00    562916.07          0    2521864
dm-1          34445.31         0.00    551071.43          0    2468800
dm-2          34110.71         0.00    545592.86          0    2444256
dm-0          34828.51         0.00    557222.27          0    2501928
dm-1          35213.81         0.00    563376.39          0    2529560
dm-2          34087.31         0.00    545363.03          0    2448680
dm-0          28085.14         0.00    449459.91          0    1995602     <<<<<<<
dm-1          28701.80         0.00    459330.18          0    2039426     <<<<<<<
dm-2          38110.81         0.00    616873.87          0    2738920     <<<<<<<
dm-0          29772.26         0.00    484220.13          0    2164464     <<<<<<<
dm-1          31771.14         0.00    508089.49          0    2271160     <<<<<<<
dm-2          38417.67         0.00    614672.04          0    2747584     <<<<<<<
dm-0          34103.35         0.00    545508.93          0    2443880
dm-1          34408.48         0.00    550446.43          0    2466000
dm-2          34469.20         0.00    563789.29          0    2525776
dm-0          34283.00         0.00    548506.49          0    2451824
dm-1          35376.06         0.00    565993.74          0    2529992
dm-2          34725.95         0.00    555441.61          0    2482824
dm-0          35205.82         0.00    563291.28          0    2517912
dm-1          35118.79         0.00    561898.88          0    2511688
dm-2          33814.32         0.00    540970.02          0    2418136
dm-0          36445.17         0.00    583122.70          0    2594896
dm-1          33097.98         0.00    529398.65          0    2355824
dm-2          34954.38         0.00    559264.72          0    2488728
dm-0          35248.10         0.00    563795.97          0    2520168
dm-1          34957.49         0.00    559200.00          0    2499624
dm-2          34368.68         0.00    549877.40          0    2457952
dm-0          36696.19         0.00    592000.00          0    2640320     <<<<<<<
dm-1          30397.98         0.00    486409.42          0    2169386     <<<<<<<
dm-2          29955.38         3.59    489987.89         16    2185346     <<<<<<<
dm-0          41788.39         0.00    688048.21          0    3082456     <<<<<<<
dm-1          20116.96         0.00    321871.43          0    1441984     <<<<<<<
dm-2          21677.68         5.36    358007.14         24    1603872     <<<<<<<
dm-0          37506.70         0.00    600107.14          0    2688480     <<<<<<<
dm-1          29063.62         0.00    465016.07          0    2083272     <<<<<<<
dm-2          36207.59         0.00    579308.93          0    2595304     <<<<<<<
dm-0          32667.34         5.37    560195.08         24    2504072
dm-1          32984.79         0.00    527293.06          0    2357000
dm-2          35434.90         0.00    566949.44          0    2534264
dm-0          34265.26         0.00    548238.75          0    2461592
dm-1          32824.28         5.35    541412.92         24    2430944
dm-2          35598.66         0.00    569541.20          0    2557240
dm-0          34853.81         0.00    557653.81          0    2487136
dm-1          34941.70         0.00    559065.47          0    2493432
dm-2          34413.45         0.00    550615.25          0    2455744
dm-0          34828.19         0.00    557251.01          0    2490912
dm-1          35065.32         0.00    561045.19          0    2507872
dm-2          34574.05         0.00    553141.83          0    2472544
dm-0          31283.63         3.59    500597.98         16    2232667
dm-1          32622.20         0.00    521850.00          0    2327451
dm-2          35009.19         0.00    560244.39          0    2498690
dm-0          12572.81         0.00    324825.17          0    1445472     <<<<<<<
dm-1          39278.88         0.00    628296.63          0    2795920     <<<<<<<
dm-2          39375.51         0.00    653073.26          0    2906176     <<<<<<<
dm-0          19262.36         0.00    308197.77          0    1383808     <<<<<<<
dm-1          38768.37         0.00    620293.99          0    2785120     <<<<<<<
dm-2          36592.65         0.00    585464.59          0    2628736     <<<<<<<
dm-0          25140.53         0.00    402246.77          0    1806088     <<<<<<<
dm-1          37817.15         0.00    605074.39          0    2716784     <<<<<<<
dm-2          36809.80         0.00    588898.00          0    2644152     <<<<<<<
dm-0          34272.20         0.00    548353.36          0    2445656
dm-1          34775.78         0.00    556362.33          0    2481376
dm-2          35434.08         0.00    566945.29          0    2528576
dm-0          35166.22         0.00    562657.72          0    2515080
dm-1          33327.96         0.00    538122.60          0    2405408
dm-2          34748.99         0.00    555978.52          0    2485224
dm-0          34530.51         0.00    552488.20          0    2480672
dm-1          34470.16         0.00    551520.71          0    2476328
dm-2          34854.12         0.00    562897.10          0    2527408
dm-0          29927.23         0.00    494966.74          0    2217451
dm-1          33754.24         0.00    568400.00          0    2546432
dm-2          31355.58         0.00    536487.95          0    2403466
dm-0          19824.55         0.00    481598.21          0    2157560     <<<<<<<
dm-1           6611.16         0.00    353630.80          0    1584266     <<<<<<<
dm-2          29875.89         0.00    532652.01          0    2386281     <<<<<<<
dm-0          36691.46         0.00    587052.58          0    2612384
dm-1          25364.94         0.00    513862.47          0    2286688
dm-2          36197.08         0.00    593362.70          0    2640464
dm-0          34072.16         0.00    545147.44          0    2447712
dm-1          34371.49         0.00    549910.02          0    2469096
dm-2          35014.92         0.00    566635.19          0    2544192
dm-0          32494.20         0.00    519842.86          0    2328896
dm-1          33713.17         0.00    549982.14          0    2463920
dm-2          33254.46         0.00    565432.14          0    2533136
dm-0          34066.14         0.00    544938.12          0    2430424
dm-1          35761.43         0.00    572182.96          0    2551936
dm-2          35004.71         0.00    560075.34          0    2497936
dm-0          34033.85         0.00    544541.65          0    2444992
dm-1          33596.21         0.00    537507.35          0    2413408
dm-2          32896.44         0.00    546198.66          0    2452432
dm-0          33809.78         0.00    541038.22          0    2434672
dm-1          33782.00         0.00    540574.22          0    2432584
dm-2          35588.67         0.00    578160.00          0    2601720
dm-0          22325.67         0.00    453068.53          0    2029747     <<<<<<<
dm-1          20525.22         0.00    431493.53          0    1933091     <<<<<<<
dm-2          24213.84         5.36    524191.74         24    2348379     <<<<<<<
dm-0          32452.56         0.00    519068.15          0    2330616
dm-1          32655.90         0.00    527748.78          0    2369592
dm-2          32908.24         0.00    564297.55          0    2533696
dm-0          34977.73         0.00    559643.65          0    2512800
dm-1          34287.31         0.00    548564.81          0    2463056
dm-2          33959.02         0.00    548579.06          0    2463120
dm-0          34490.65         0.00    551816.48          0    2477656
dm-1          34505.57         0.00    552064.14          0    2478768
dm-2          33488.42         0.00    541060.13          0    2429360
dm-0          31625.17         5.35    519837.86         24    2334072     <<<<<<<
dm-1          28918.26         0.00    462214.70          0    2075344     <<<<<<<
dm-2          34211.14         0.00    576848.11          0    2590048     <<<<<<<
dm-0          33163.68         0.00    530378.48          0    2365488
dm-1          34059.42         5.38    558333.63         24    2490168
dm-2          35936.77         0.00    574984.75          0    2564432
dm-0          34723.54         0.00    564419.73          0    2517312
dm-1          34305.38         0.00    557705.83          0    2487368
dm-2          33052.69         0.00    528747.98          0    2358216
dm-0          18900.00         0.00    401263.74          0    1781611     <<<<<<<
dm-1          24734.46         0.00    429701.58          0    1907875     <<<<<<<
dm-2          32280.63         0.00    573387.39          0    2545840     <<<<<<<
dm-0          28238.53         0.00    451561.69          0    2027512     <<<<<<<
dm-1          31791.54         0.00    514277.06          0    2309104     <<<<<<<
dm-2          36535.41         0.00    584552.34          0    2624640     <<<<<<<
dm-0          34163.47         0.00    546478.40          0    2453688
dm-1          32867.04         0.00    525512.69          0    2359552
dm-2          34826.95         0.00    562485.52          0    2525560
dm-0          34127.17         0.00    546032.96          0    2451688
dm-1          34187.75         0.00    546984.41          0    2455960
dm-2          32145.66         0.00    514088.20          0    2308256
dm-0          34534.74         0.00    555887.75          0    2495936
dm-1          29349.00         0.00    469056.57          0    2106064
dm-2          33997.10         0.00    557651.67          0    2503856
dm-0          33370.67         0.00    533662.22          0    2401480
dm-1          32164.22         0.00    514227.56          0    2314024
dm-2          35266.00         0.00    569495.11          0    2562728

After some run time (about 100GB in), 2.6.18 continues
to write at close to 250MB/s per filesystem (as per original
trace). 2.6.20-rc3 with dirty_ratio = 40 does:

$ vmstat 5
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
 2  7      0  90540      8 15796472    0    0    10 164413  734 6124  0 51 23 25
 2  7      0  91060      8 15773864    0    0     0 558089 3780 27825  1 48 12 40
 8  8      0  91808      8 15764172    0    0     0 692855 3343 25813  0 63  8 29
 4  9      0  86604      8 15770876    0    0     6 670767 3605 32657  1 63  8 28
 1 11      0  83840      8 15775184    0    0     0 666833 3398 31701  0 64  3 33
 3  9      0  82300      8 15776156    0    0     2 616678 3939 37617  1 58 10 32
11  6      0  90640      8 15771528    0    0     2 696310 3395 38654  0 67  5 28
 5  9      0  92412      8 15771872    0    0     2 585962 3453 32651  1 54 14 32
 5  9      0  90452      8 15766020    0    0     5 583086 3670 32937  0 55  7 38
 2  9      0  87980      8 15763964    0    0     1 681694 3525 30906  1 64  9 26
 3  8      0  86664      8 15761044    0    0     2 650998 3677 25797  0 61  6 32
 6  8      0  86804      8 15759052    0    0     0 715986 3317 25729  1 69 11 20
 3 10      0  84240      8 15765944    0    0     0 673761 3528 25241  0 64  7 29
 7 10      0  89916      8 15763700    0    0     5 664583 3506 27555  1 63  7 30
 1  8      0  82896      8 15814824    0    0     2 519892 3456 24579  0 49 23 29
 3  7      0  88276      8 15809844    0    0     1 415687 3093 15203  0 29 50 20
 3  8      0  88324      8 15778956    0    0     0 589647 3370 30624  0 52 13 35
 2  8      0  91776      8 15775764    0    0     0 609689 3506 32780  0 56 11 33
 3  9      0  85604      8 15778512    0    0     0 656673 3573 37672  0 64  5 31
 3 10      0  85676      8 15785708    0    0     5 644915 3746 39503  1 63  6 31
 5  8      0  89700      8 15775952    0    0     2 680001 3510 38927  0 65  8 27
 0  8      0  82332      8 15814516    0    0     1 638288 3499 36999  0 63  6 30
 3  8      0  88748      8 15767756    0    0     0 535037 3797 26778  0 44  9 47
 8  9      0  86620      8 15773060    0    0     0 581291 3556 27902  1 54  9 37
 3 11      0  93708      8 15759696    0    0     6 647017 3714 33242  0 61  6 32
 3  9      0  90172      8 15759952    0    0     0 716961 3345 35311  1 70  7 23
 3  9      0  90040      8 15763172    0    0     0 655000 3652 31259  0 61 11 27
 4  8      0  87176      8 15764384    0    0     1 643515 3668 32440  0 62  5 32
 1 10      0  83812      8 15786040    0    0     0 650601 3605 33809  0 64  8 28
 5  9      0  82760      8 15805612    0    0     5 440437 3467 19922  0 35 31 33


$ iostat 5 |grep dm-
dm-0          25998.50         2.57    433094.50       2207  371924231
dm-1          26090.07         2.48    437352.37       2127  375580723
dm-2          26555.31         2.52    451131.47       2167  387413658
dm-0           4710.74         0.00    244624.61          0    1093472
dm-1          10662.86         0.00    293821.92          0    1313384
dm-2          13400.89         3.58    424025.06         16    1895392
dm-0           5820.13         0.00    280354.36          0    1253184
dm-1          31697.99         0.00    506851.01          0    2265624
dm-2          32324.83         0.00    544966.44          0    2436000
dm-0          31331.17         0.00    501296.86          0    2235784
dm-1          34606.50         0.00    553700.45          0    2469504
dm-2          32436.10         0.00    518557.85          0    2312768
dm-0          30406.47         0.00    490957.14          0    2199488
dm-1          29177.46         0.00    466635.71          0    2090528
dm-2          32097.77         0.00    518639.29          0    2323504
dm-0          29419.55         0.00    470106.97          0    2091976
dm-1          32272.36         0.00    526919.55          0    2344792
dm-2          30346.07         0.00    484979.78          0    2158160
dm-0          30287.75         0.00    484119.38          0    2173696
dm-1          25081.74         5.35    412530.96         24    1852264
dm-2          31800.22         0.00    515681.07          0    2315408
dm-0          32531.91         5.39    520604.04         24    2316688
dm-1          32934.83         0.00    527065.17          0    2345440
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