From: Momchil Velikov <velco@fadata.bg>
To: "David Gomez" <davidge@jazzfree.com>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>, Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Copying to loop device hangs up everything
Date: 16 Dec 2001 21:50:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877krnq70g.fsf@fadata.bg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112162036370.475-100000@fargo>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112162036370.475-100000@fargo>
>>>>> "David" == David Gomez <davidge@jazzfree.com> writes:
David> On 16 Dec 2001, Momchil Velikov wrote:
>> [...]
>>
David> Thanks ;), this patch solves the problem and copying a lot of data to the
David> loop device now doesn't hang the computer.
>>
David> Is this patch going to be applied to the stable kernel ? Marcelo ?
>>
>> I've had exactly the same hangups with or without the patch.
David> I've tested several times after applying the loop-deadlock patch and the
David> bug seems to be fixed. No more hangups while copying a lot of data to
David> loopback devices. Post more info about your hangups, maybe is another
David> different loop device deadlock.
Maybe it's different I don't know. Looks like I've found a fix and in
a minute I'll test _without_ the Andrea's patch and post whatever
comes out of it.
Regards,
-velco
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-16 19:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-16 3:40 Copying to loop device hangs up everything David Gomez
2001-12-16 4:00 ` Dave Jones
2001-12-16 11:41 ` David Gomez
2001-12-16 16:53 ` Momchil Velikov
2001-12-16 19:42 ` David Gomez
2001-12-16 19:50 ` Momchil Velikov [this message]
2001-12-16 21:52 ` Momchil Velikov
2001-12-18 19:46 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-12-18 20:54 ` Momchil Velikov
2001-12-18 19:57 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-12-18 21:26 ` Momchil Velikov
[not found] ` <3C1FC254.525B9108@zip.com.au>
[not found] ` <3C1FCB96.83E49ECB@zip.com.au>
[not found] ` <3C204C4F.C989AD71@zip.com.au>
2001-12-19 13:42 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-12-20 7:41 ` Andrew Morton
2001-12-20 11:27 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-12-20 11:34 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-12-17 3:30 ` Dave Jones
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2001-12-20 21:05 Momchil Velikov
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