From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:48:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:48:43 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:4358 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:48:31 -0500 Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 02:47:57 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Bill Crawford Cc: Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.0-ac9 Message-ID: <20010115024756.A11915@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <3A624E77.634D42AD@netcomuk.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3A624E77.634D42AD@netcomuk.co.uk>; from billc@netcomuk.co.uk on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:12:23AM +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 15 2001, Bill Crawford wrote: > I have a problem here with loopback-mounted filesystem freezing. The > process writing to the filesystem (ext2) gets stuck in uninterruptible > state with WCHAN showing "lock_p" which I believe to be lock_page. Could you try with this patch *.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/axboe/patches/2.4.0-ac9/loop-2 and see if it helps? -- * 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/