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One question folks:
I got two sets of patches. One has
Code:+ /* Check if we should synchronously wait for writeback */ + if (should_reclaim_stall(nr_taken, nr_reclaimed, priority, sc)) {
Code:+ /* Check if we should syncronously wait for writeback */ + if (should_reclaim_stall(nr_taken, nr_freed, priority, sc)) {
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besides that it really DOES make a difference:
I'm currently re-testing usage of reiser4 and there are almost no stalls / hickups during webradio streaming when the filesystems needs to heavily flush things to disk (even with device-mapper & LUKS) - which definitely was a problem in the past
during heavy swapping of 1-2 GiBs (e.g. compiling chromium in ram) it's still somewhat responsive but sound is broken for several seconds-minutes (pulseaudio obviously significantly makes it worse) and the GUI also doesn't react for several (dozen) seconds
so as a summary:
the management of swapping out stuff needs some more improvements in desktop land; flushing and handling of the filesystems in general has greatly improved
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Originally posted by Ranguvar View PostMe as well.
if not:
patch 1&2:
[PATCH mmotm] vmscan: raise the bar to PAGEOUT_IO_SYNC stalls
fix:
vmscan: fix inconsistency reported by Kail and confirmed by Wu Fengguang
that's all you need for 2.6.35 ! (it already includes the other stuff from patch 5-7)
the 2.6.35 branch is the way to go - only the first 2 patches are needed for that because it already includes the additional ones
for 2.6.34 you need a lot more but it's also included with zen-stable
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Originally posted by kernelOfTruth View Posthow would you know ?
anyways: pulseaudio is working fine now for me and I'm enjoying the additional comfort (since the kernel largely won't get into lagging anymore)
yeah, it's really a shame that xine isn't (?) developed anymore (I'm referring to the xine GUI since using it practically isn't worth it - often times it'll hardlock my box)
xine-lib (xine ?) however is still developed: http://www.xine-project.org/home
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Originally posted by loonyphoenix View PostI got phonon fixed by removing pulseaudio from my system. phonon-gstreamer seems to work fine with plain alsa, and phonon-xine causes some problems with Amarok. Plus, I don't think xine is being actively developed by anyone anymore...
anyways: pulseaudio is working fine now for me and I'm enjoying the additional comfort (since the kernel largely won't get into lagging anymore)
yeah, it's really a shame that xine isn't (?) developed anymore (I'm referring to the xine GUI since using it practically isn't worth it - often times it'll hardlock my box)
xine-lib (xine ?) however is still developed: http://www.xine-project.org/home
Latest news?
2010-07-25: Release
xine-lib 1.1.19
A new version of xine-lib is available. This is mainly bug fixes, but there are one or two new features, notably support for the WebM container format.
Please check the release notes for details & known problems.
Download it from our download page.
2010-03-06: Site news
#xine-vdpau
#xine-vdpau (freenode) is no more. Use #xine (alternatively, on OFTC) instead.
It has been determined that, while it was the more active channel, a lot of its content was general xine-related chat, which is more on-topic in #xine, so we've decided that VDPAU no longer needs a separate channel. If you have a problem with this, send your comments to /dev/null ☺.
2010-03-06: Release
xine-lib 1.1.18.1
A new version of xine-lib is available. This is a bug-fix release; there were a few ?minor? breakages in 1.1.18.
Please check the release notes for details & known problems.
Download it from our download page.
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Originally posted by kernelOfTruth View Postforget that
it was a phonon / KDE4 related problem:
switching from the gstreamer to the xine-backend "fixed" it
so nearly no stalls anymore
and I'm sure 2.6.36 will be even better (lots of improvements already got in according to the postings on lkml)
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