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#1 2013-02-11 14:30:51

fixles
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Registered: 2012-09-15
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fsck.ext4 -y /dev/sdb1 only using 1 core to fix file system?

Hi

Not sure how it happened but my external 1TB drive ext4 filesystem seems to have got messed up. I used smart tools to check the disk and all reported fine. I've grabbed what I can from the disk and ran fsck.ext4 -y /dev/sdb1 while its unmounted and its running through what looks like a lot of messed up stuff.

Looking in htop fsck is only using one of eight cpu cores at 100% is there anyway to get it to fully utilise the cpu?

I've noticed this for a number of applications before. Is there something I can do to force apps to use multiple cores or is it inherent to the application itself?

Thanks.

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#2 2013-02-11 15:09:54

lucke
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Registered: 2004-11-30
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Re: fsck.ext4 -y /dev/sdb1 only using 1 core to fix file system?

Programs have to use multiple threads or processes to run on multiple cores simultaneously.

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#3 2013-02-11 15:13:36

kaszak696
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Re: fsck.ext4 -y /dev/sdb1 only using 1 core to fix file system?

Some tasks just cannot be ran in parallel.


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