Re: [2.4.1] system goes glacial, Reiser on /usr doesn't sync

[Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>]

On Tuesday, February 20, 2001 03:33:33 AM -0800 David <david@blue-labs.org>
wrote:

> Kevin Turner wrote:
> 
>> Version:
>> Linux version 2.4.1-pre12 (gcc version 2.95.3 20010125 (prerelease))
>> 
>> Possible suspect players: 
>>   dpkg seems to trigger the bug
>>   ReiserFS is the partition that doesn't sync
>>   binfmt_misc shows up in the call traces.
>> 
>> Symptoms:
>> 
>> The system assumes glacial speeds.  If you're *lucky*, you'll see one
>> widget re-paint in X before the next ice age.  Ctrl-alt-delete is
>> unresponsive, as are attempts to start proccesses via the network or
>> joystick port.  Keypresses to programs such as getty are not echoed.
>> All program output to console and network is stopped dead.  If you leave
>> for a several-hour-long coffee break and come back to it, there's still
>> no evidence that you banged on the keyboard.
> 
> 
> Wild shot in the dark....I'd lay odds that you had about 6-7 Megs free in
> your buffers/cache line, yes?
> 

David, have any of Rik's patches helped here?

-chris