From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
To: Jeff Dike <jdike@karaya.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.20-rc1 - hang with processes stuck in D
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 16:37:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DC8645B.A0E99A99@digeo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200211060025.gA60P6V01413@karaya.com
Jeff Dike wrote:
>
> 2.4.20-rc1 reliably gets processes stuck in D, eventually wedging the whole
> system. This is by diffing two kernel pools, one of which has 9 138764288
> byte core files.
>
> The diff itself is stuck in __wait_on_buffer:
>
> Trace; c0131608 <__wait_on_buffer+68/90>
Kernel is waiting for IO completion on a read. I would be
suspecting your IO system, or interrupt system.
Reverting your ide/scsi/whatever drivers to the last-known-to-work
version would be interesting.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-06 0:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-06 0:25 2.4.20-rc1 - hang with processes stuck in D Jeff Dike
2002-11-06 0:37 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2002-11-06 3:08 ` Jeff Dike
2002-11-08 4:17 ` Jakob Oestergaard
2002-11-08 18:43 ` Trond Myklebust
2002-11-09 22:39 ` Jakob Oestergaard
2002-11-08 9:01 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2002-11-10 21:22 ` Jeff Dike
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