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, 27 Jan 2001 21:43:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:43:24 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:16393 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:43:11 -0500 Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 03:43:00 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Mark Bratcher Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.0 loop device still hangs Message-ID: <20010128034300.A32375@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <3A70EF20.1B02B307@rochester.rr.com> <3A72E8C7.138BB69E@rochester.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3A72E8C7.138BB69E@rochester.rr.com>; from mbratche@rochester.rr.com on Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 10:27:03AM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 27 2001, Mark Bratcher wrote: > Hey all, > > I applied the patch "loop-3", from Jen Axboe's 2.4.1-pre10 version, to > my 2.4.0 kernel as Jen had suggested we try for the loop device hang > problem. > > This patch appears to have gotten rid of the problem (at least after > testing it once in my previous scenario, which would normally fail 100% > of the time on 2.4.0 official). > > Thanks Jen! First of all, I'm all man (not up for debate) so it's Jens not Jen :-) > Can I continue running this patch on 2.4.0 with impunity, or do I need > to be careful of anything else? :-) It should be safe. Thanks for the feedback. -- * 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/