From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:48:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:48:28 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:11792 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:48:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:47:35 +0100 From: Russell King To: Jeremy Sanders Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: rsync hangs on RedHat 2.4.2 or stock 2.4.4 Message-ID: <20010612154735.B17905@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jss@ast.cam.ac.uk on Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 02:59:12PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 02:59:12PM +0100, Jeremy Sanders wrote: > I'm getting numerous rsync (v2.4.6) problems under Linux 2.4.2 (RedHat > 7.1) or stock 2.4.4 on several machines. rsync often hangs copying files > from NFS or local disks to local disks. Strangely the problem is fixed by > stracing one of the three rsync threads! me too! but I got shafted because I was using 2.2.15pre13 on the machine rsync was pushing the data to, and this was the problem. However, I can confirm that your symptoms are _precisely_ identical to mine - when rsync locks up, stracing it on the 2.4.2 end causes it to start up again. At the time I suggested it was because of a missing wakeup in 2.4.2 kernels, but I was shouted down for using 2.2.15pre13. Since then I've seen these reports appear on lkml several times, each time without a solution nor explaination. Oh, and yes, we're still using the same setup here at work, and its running fine now - no rsync lockups. I'm not sure why that is. ;( -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html