From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Theodore Tso Subject: Re: [Bug #13232] ext3/4 with synchronous writes gets wedged by Postfix Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 09:25:17 -0400 Message-ID: <20090518132517.GL32019@mit.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: kernel-testers-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kernel Testers List , David Watson On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 10:06:04PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > of regressions introduced between 2.6.28 and 2.6.29. > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > introduced between 2.6.28 and 2.6.29. Please verify if it still should > be listed and let me know (either way). > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13232 > Subject : ext3/4 with synchronous writes gets wedged by Postfix > Submitter : David Watson > Date : 2009-05-03 19:46 (14 days old) This turned out to be caused by change in the VFS, as documented in the bug report. Al Viro has a patch, which I've reviewed. David, would you be able to try testing Al's proposed patch, since you have an easy reproduction case? Thanks, - Ted