https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750927 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750927#c0 Summary: Since latest upgrades disk is accessed every few seconds for no reason Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.4 Version: Factory Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.4 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: dav1dblunk3tt@hotmail.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2 cat /etc/SuSE-release openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) VERSION = 11.4 CODENAME = Celadon Linux lunesta 2.6.37.6-0.11-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-12-19 23:39:38 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I do not know if it is the kernel or something else but of late my disks has been chugging every few seconds despite no apparent load. iotop indicates that jbd2/sda3-8 is the culprit and this indicates a possible kernel patch: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdif... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Boot, wait, get annoyed by the disk waking up every few seconds for no reason Actual Results: Boot, wait, get annoyed by the disk waking up every few seconds for no reason Expected Results: Disk should idle when not in use -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.