From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fionn Behrens Subject: Re: reiser4 in 2.6.14 - lockups with mmapped files Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:41:08 +0100 Message-ID: <1130866868.12859.36.camel@laptop> References: <1130860221.12859.23.camel@laptop> <436796F6.10603@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-a3unj2PowScvLtTJGWCm" Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <436796F6.10603@namesys.com> Sender: news List-Id: To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com --=-a3unj2PowScvLtTJGWCm Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Di, 2005-11-01 at 19:25 +0300, Vladimir V. Saveliev wrote: > Fionn Behrens wrote: > > Unfortunately I once more hit the wall and was forced to go back to > > 2.6.11 (including another --build-fs run to regain compatibility with > > the old but working reiser4 drivers). I wish there was a mount option t= o > > exclude the new extensions so I can test new kernels without losing hal= f > > a day for fscking when things get whacky. > Did fsck.reiser4 say you that you have to --build-fs? Yes, after I went back to 2.6.11 I tried "--fix" first but it said indeed that I have to "--build-fs" and so I did. > > But now it looks like any time any mmapped file is synced to a reiser4 > > partition, the process who tries to do that will freeze forever. In >=20 > Can you please check what fs/reiser4/reiser4.h:REISER4_USE_EFLUSH is set = to? > If it is 0, please try your test having it set to 1. It is set to 0. I changed it to 1. What is the supposed result of this change? I am somewhat reluctant to try it and risk yet another two hours of fschecking. Maybe tomorrow night. If it doesnt work again, I'll get you some screenshots of the fscheck, too. > If the above does not help - would you please set up either sereial cons= ole or > netconsole and catch sysrq-T output with its help? Would another "screenshot" do the trick as well?=20 br, Fionn --=20 I believe we have been called by history to lead the world. G.W. Bush, 2002-03-01 --=-a3unj2PowScvLtTJGWCm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBDZ6i0jkvYSI4bFywRAhE7AKCM3VsBEwscDQ9c0UD1XXjhuUTPwgCcCV35 tm3yK2s1vNFM9nJHlTD771c= =hFAI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-a3unj2PowScvLtTJGWCm--