Hallo, linux-btrfs, I can''t switch a running "btrfs filesystem balance ..." via ctrl z bg into the background, with other jobs this way works. The stopping command "ctrl z" doesn''t work. (may be on other keyboards it''s "ctrl y") What goes wrong? Viele Gruesse! Helmut -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 07:57:00AM +0200, Helmut Hullen wrote:> Hallo, linux-btrfs, > > I can''t switch a running "btrfs filesystem balance ..." via > > ctrl z > bg > > into the background, with other jobs this way works. > > The stopping command "ctrl z" doesn''t work. > > (may be on other keyboards it''s "ctrl y") > > What goes wrong?A balance is a single long-lived ioctl call, so the userspace process is living in D state (uninterruptible sleep) until the kernel finishes. I''ve got a patch that forks the process, and runs the ioctl in the background, returning immediately. I should be able to get it to the list this weekend as part of the userspace side of the balance management patches. Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: hugo@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk == PGP key: 515C238D from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or carfax.org.uk --- There are three things you should never see being made: laws, --- standards, and sausages.
Hallo, Hugo, Du meintest am 09.04.11:>> I can''t switch a running "btrfs filesystem balance ..." via >> >> ctrl z >> bg >> >> into the background,[...]> I''ve got a patch that forks the process, and runs the ioctl in the > background, returning immediately. I should be able to get it to the > list this weekend as part of the userspace side of the balance > management patches.Sounds fine - thank you! Viele Gruesse! Helmut -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html