From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Steigerwald Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 14518] New: I/O appears to get stuck on certain rsync backup job and system clock halts then Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:31:09 +0100 Message-ID: <200910310831.09443.Martin@lichtvoll.de> References: <20091031001711.0d3a8238.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (sfid-20091031_081829_549039_184645EF) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1731266.aPPZLdJWad"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mondschein.lichtvoll.de ([194.150.191.11]:59952 "EHLO mail.lichtvoll.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753349AbZJaHbG (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:31:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20091031001711.0d3a8238.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Morton Cc: bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe , Ingo Molnar --nextPart1731266.aPPZLdJWad Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Samstag 31 Oktober 2009 schrieb Andrew Morton: > (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via > the bugzilla web interface). >=20 > On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:59:07 GMT bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org=20 wrote: > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D14518 > > > > Summary: I/O appears to get stuck on certain rsync backup > > job and system clock halts then > > Product: IO/Storage > > Version: 2.5 > > Kernel Version: 2.6.31.5 > > Platform: All > > OS/Version: Linux > > Tree: Mainline > > Status: NEW > > Severity: normal > > Priority: P1 > > Component: Block Layer > > AssignedTo: axboe@kernel.dk > > ReportedBy: Martin@Lichtvoll.de > > Regression: Yes > > > > > > I sorted this to generic block problems, might be an issue with the > > sata_sil driver tough. >=20 > Yup, it looks more like an ata issue. >=20 > Or it might be that the errors are due to real hardware problems and > triggered not-well-tested code paths in block/scsi/VFS/etc. >=20 > Could someone take a look please? Okay, I missed these as well: shambhala:/etc> grep -A 3 "Sched" sysctl.conf # Scheduler-Tuning kernel.sched_latency_ns =3D 5000000 kernel.sched_min_granularity_ns =3D 100000 kernel.sched_wakeup_granularity_ns =3D 100000 Its confusing that some scheduler settings are in /sys and some are in=20 /proc ;). Ingo, might these have an impact on the issues seen? I can undo them. Ciao, =2D-=20 Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 --nextPart1731266.aPPZLdJWad Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkrr570ACgkQmRvqrKWZhMcZgACfUr0caYFQYWLs6WuIG9HOjuTm b6oAn3Mfel4YZGYfTKral4nqd7OLC7m+ =O0JT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1731266.aPPZLdJWad--