Subject: Re: [vserver] 4.9 Kernels Hit Psand Repos
From: Andrew Ruthven <andrew.ruthven@catalyst.net.nz>
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:47:53 +1300

Hey,

Has anyone noticed big I/O issues with this kernel?

I ran it for a few days, and found that processes (even on the main
system) were often sitting in a D state, seemingly blocked on I/O. But
there didn't seem to be much I/O happening. Even ssh'ing in to any
vservers or physical host was incredibly slow.

Cheers,
Andrew

On Tue, 2018-01-30 at 22:50 +0000, Ben Green wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've just finished and uploaded Linux kernel 4.9.78 with patch  
> vs2.3.9.6. They are installable directly from the psand.net  
> repository, or via the metapackage:
> 
> linux-image-vserver-4.9-beng
> 
> For i386 and amd64 architectures, and there's a version I've
> compiled  
> with gcc-8 which can be installed directly, or via the metapackage:
> 
> linux-image-vserver-4.9-beng-reptoline
> 
> That one is amd64 only of course. These images are only provided in  
> the Debian Stretch distro repositories. Instruction (which need a
> bit  
> of updating but should get you where you need to be) are at:
> 
> https://www.psand.net/services/public-repository.html
> 
> These kernels are minimally tested and as usual come with
> absolutely  
> no guarantees whatsoever.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ben
> 
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