From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 00:09:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 00:09:29 -0500 Received: from c-025.static.AT.KPNQwest.net ([193.154.188.25]:52977 "EHLO stefan.sime.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 00:09:24 -0500 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 06:08:46 +0100 From: Stefan Traby To: Alexander Viro Cc: Stefan Traby , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ramfs problem... (unlink of sparse file in "D" state) Message-ID: <20010106060846.A770@stefan.sime.com> Reply-To: Stefan Traby In-Reply-To: <20010106054615.A2958@stefan.sime.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from viro@math.psu.edu on Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 11:52:31PM -0500 Organization: Stefan Traby Services && Consulting X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.0-fijiji0 (i686) X-APM: 100% 400 min Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 11:52:31PM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote: > On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Stefan Traby wrote: > > > Then I tried to unlink the file by running rm lfs.file log. > > > > The rm process (and an ls process that I started after that) > > are now in "D" state... > > > > root 2934 0.0 0.2 1292 452 pts/5 D 05:38 0:00 ls /ramfs > > root 2952 0.0 1.5 4028 2384 pts/3 S 05:40 0:00 vi sdlkhfd > > Add UnlockPage(page) at the end of ramfs_writepage(). Shit. You are quite fast. Works. It was the first D-state case here where sync(1) did not fall into D-state, too. (ok, I know why :) -- Stefan - 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/