[patch 4/9] jffs2: force the jffs2 GC daemon to behave a bit better

[Ricard Wanderlof]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, akpm at linux-foundation.org wrote:

> I've noticed some pretty poor behavior on OLPC machines after bootup, when
> gdm/X are starting.  The GCD monopolizes the scheduler (which in turns
> means it gets to do more nand i/o), which results in processes taking much
> much longer than they should to start.

Can't really comment on how well the patch works, but we've also noticed a 
similar slowdown on our systems during startup, so the idea as such is 
welcome at any rate.

/Ricard
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