Re: [PATCH 0/4] 2.6.21-rc7 NFS writes: fix a series of issues

[Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>]

On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 10:19 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 21:19 -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > I've split the issues introduced by the 2.6.21-rcX write code up into 4
> > subproblems.
> > 
> > The first patch is just a cleanup in order to ease review.
> > 
> > Patch number 2 ensures that we never release the PG_writeback flag until
> > _after_ we've either discarded the unstable request altogether, or put it
> > on the nfs_inode's commit or dirty lists.
> > 
> > Patch number 3 fixes the 'desynchronized value of nfs_i.ncommit' error. It
> > uses the PG_NEED_COMMIT flag as an indicator for whether or not the request
> > may be redirtied.
> > 
> > Patch number 4 protects the NFS '.set_page_dirty' address_space operation
> > against races with nfs_inode_add_request.
> 
> Ok, stuck them in, and my debug patch from yesterday, just in case...
> 
> However, I can't seem to run long enough to establish whether the
> problem is gone. It deadlocks between 10-30 minutes due to missing IO
> completions, whereas yesterday it took between 45-60 minutes to trigger
> the 'desynchronized value of nfs_i.ncommit' messages.
> 
> I will continue trying go get a good run,

Just got one around 80-90 minutes, no 'desynchronized value of
nfs_i.ncommit' errors.