Re: ffsb job does not exit on xfs 4.14-rc1+

[Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 09:54:15PM +0800, Xiong Zhou wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:49:03AM +0200, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 01:40:06AM +0000, Xiong Zhou wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > ffsb test won't exit like this on Linus tree 4.14-rc1+.
> > > Latest commit cd4175b11685
> > 
> > Can you provide more information? Do you have any kernel log from this issue?
> > dmesg, Oopses, traces, etc.
> > Storage configuration might also be required here.
> 
> Turns out this only repreduces on nvdimm devices, xfs without dax
> mount option. More logs are attached.

It's a hang, so what's the output of sysrq-w once it's hung?

> > have you also tried to reproduce it with another filesystem? If so, is the same
> > problem reproducible with another filesystem or only with XFS?
> 
> Only xfs. Test on ext4 ends shortly.
> 
> > 
> > P.S. please avoid sending it to all lists (mainly LKML).
> 
> Why?  I thought LKML was better archived.

The lists are all archived, but that's irrelevant. The list you
should report problems to is based on the scope of the problem, not
whether the lists are archived or not.

Because the scope of the problem at this point is XFS, it's
inappropriate to report it to lists that are for general kernel or
VFS issues. There's enough noise on those lists without everyone
bombarding them with subsystem specific issues - that's why we have
subsystem specific lists in the first place.

If it turns out to be a problem in some other subsystem, we'll add
cc's to other subsystem or general lists as appropriate.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com