Backport btrfs enospc rework (from kernel 4.8)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
linux-lts-xenial (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
There are two btrfs related patches available for kernel 4.8 which improve latency and solve problems with low free disk space:
Seen at (german source): http://
From my side, I encountered problems with full disks in btrfs multiple times. I reported some of them in the past.
Plus do I have another system with 2x3TB of disk space (WD HDDs), while btrfs sits on top of a dm-raid and LUKS crypto. I experience very slow disk I/O on that system while disk usage gets fuller and fuller (combined with lots of subvolumes and layered devices, so that could be another reason).
That said, I guess that, according to the article at heise and commit messages, the two patches have a tremendous impact on performance. Plus, should the patches fix some of the problems that happen together with full disks ("ENOSPC" issues).
Now that the patches make it into the upstream kernel, I think that the developers have had some reason to do so. For the moment, I can't test if it actually improves something for me.
Would still be great to have these patches backported to
- ubuntu 16.04 Kernel 4.4
- ubuntu 14.04 LTS Kernel 4.4
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-
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CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback
Date: Sun Sep 11 07:39:13 2016
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InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-29 (652 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
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SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-15 (87 days ago)
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Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in linux-lts-xenial (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
no longer affects: | linux-lts-xenial (Ubuntu Xenial) |
Changed in linux-lts-xenial (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
tags: | added: kernel-da-key |
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