From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 20:22:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 20:22:11 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:24074 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 20:21:55 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 02:21:19 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: William Stearns Cc: ML-linux-kernel , "Ts'o, Theodore -- Theodore Ts'o" , tytso@valinux.com, Joel Koerwer , Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: Loopback filesystem still hangs on 2.4.0-test13-pre7 Message-ID: <20010104022119.B2408@suse.de> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from wstearns@pobox.com on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 01:09:04PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 03 2001, William Stearns wrote: > Good day, all, > This is just meant as an informational message, not a complaint. > Ted, could you note that this still exists on 2.4.0-test13-pre7 in the > todo page? Many thanks. > > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > Loopback filesystem writes still hang on 2.4.0-test13-pre7. Could you try with this patch: *.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/axboe/patches/2.4-prerelease/loop-remap-2 it survives 10 runs of your script and dbench abuse etc. If there are still problems, I'd like to know... Should be faster too :-) -- * Jens Axboe * SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/