Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [announce] [patch] Voluntary Kernel PreemptionPatch

[Bill Davidsen]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > resierfs: yes, it's a problem.  I "fixed" it multiple times in 2.4, but the
> >
> > > fixes ended up breaking the fs in subtle ways and I eventually gave up.
> > > 
> >
> > Interesting.  There is an overwhelming consensus amongst Linux audio
> > folks that you should use reiserfs for low latency work.
>
>
> It seems to be misplaced.  A simple make-a-zillion-teeny-files test here
> exhibits a 14 millisecond holdoff.
>
>
> > Should I try ext3?
>
>
> ext3 is certainly better than that, but still has a couple of potential
> problem spots.  ext2 is probably the best at this time.

Does anyone have any data points on XFS in this regard? I agree that 
ext2 is faster than ext3, and ext3 probably has lower latency than 
reiser3, but I have no info at all on XFS. My JFS experience is all on 
AIX, as well, so if anyone has that info it might be interesting as well.

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   -bill davidsen (davidsen@xxxxxxx)
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 last possible moment - but no longer"  -me
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