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From: Ookhoi <ookhoi@humilis.net>
Subject: Re: kernel go-slow
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 05:53:01 +0100
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To: Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>
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Russell Coker wrote (ao):
> I'm running a number of machines with 2.4.20 and the ReiserFS journal
> patches.
>
> One problem that has started occuring is that periodically some of the
> machines will go really slow for a while. It's as if the CPU speed has
> just dropped to 1% of it's regular speed. Then after 10 minutes or so
> it will continue as normal.
>
> Has anyone heard of such things before?

It seems there is a 'bug' in 2.4.20 which causes the stall. (don't know
the details, but you're not the only one).

Maybe a -pre fixes it, though in your case I would wait for .21 I think.