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, 2 Feb 2002 14:16:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 14:16:34 -0500 Received: from mta05-svc.ntlworld.com ([62.253.162.45]:60411 "EHLO mta05-svc.ntlworld.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 14:16:14 -0500 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 19:16:07 +0000 From: Anthony Campbell To: Matti Aarnio Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Repeated lockups caused by ext3? Message-ID: <20020202191607.GA3827@debian.local> In-Reply-To: <20020201162055.GA1318@debian.local> <20020202002353.N5808@mea-ext.zmailer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020202002353.N5808@mea-ext.zmailer.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 02 Feb 2002, Matti Aarnio wrote: > > Oh dear.. uniprocessor ? > I get SMP machine to hang when writing 1+ GB file to EXT3 on RAID-1, and > having more than 512 MB memory... > This certainly sounds as if it might be relevant. In my case it only occurs with long downloads, not with mail. And it hasn't happened at all since turning off ext3. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan]