Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when FS is under heavy write load (massive starvation)

Andrew Morton
2007-05-04T06:39:09Z

On Fri, 04 May 2007 10:18:12 +0400 Alex Tomas <alex@clusterfs.com> wrote:

> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Yes, there can be issues with needing to allocate journal space within the
> > context of a commit. But
>
> no-no, this isn't required. we only need to mark pages/blocks within
> transaction, otherwise race is possible when we allocate blocks in transaction,
> then transacton starts to commit, then we mark pages/blocks to be flushed
> before commit.

I don't understand. Can you please describe the race in more detail?