From 20708946a31d7d8fea8fb01192481b0fbbe78add Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erez_Zadok Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:11:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] document mkfs.reiserfs memory-consumption issues --- README | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 7b37d1f..1c5eda9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -57,11 +57,17 @@ other lower-level operation than was expected. The diff lines will contain a file type (e.g., "f" for files or "d" for directories), and then a lower-level name that shouldn't appear, or does appear. -Note: reiser4 appears to be broken, so can't test with it. Tried reiser4 -for 2.6.21, but right on mount, getting an error: +Notes: + +1. Reiser4 appears to be broken, so can't test with it. Tried reiser4 for + 2.6.21, but right on mount, getting an error: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/rwsem.c:20 +2. mkfs.reiserfs tends to consume a lot more memory than a typical mkfs.foo + command. So if you noticed that mkfs.reiserfs is running excessively + slow, you'll need more memory in your machine (or virtual machine). + ############################################################################## NFS Tests --------- -- 2.34.1