From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753486AbZBQPPV (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:15:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751546AbZBQPPH (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:15:07 -0500 Received: from mail-ausfall.charite.de ([193.175.70.131]:35076 "EHLO mail-ausfall.charite.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751073AbZBQPPG (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:15:06 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:15:02 +0100 From: Ralf Hildebrandt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sync-Regression in 2.6.28.2? Message-ID: <20090217151502.GC16681@charite.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20090127093533.GB7037@charite.de> <20090209134958.GP27548@charite.de> <20090215134235.GB15398@charite.de> <200902171517.23980.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200902171517.23980.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Nick Piggin : > > Still there in 2.6.28.5 :( > > I believe it is basically a deadlock in ext4 due to the cyclic writeback > change. That could be. It happens during time of big write activity here. > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git;a=commitdiff;h=2acf2c261b823d9d9ed954f348b97620297a36b5 > > ext4 guys, is this correct? Is there a minimal fix that can be made for > .stable kernels? > -- Ralf Hildebrandt Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Geschäftsbereich IT | Abt. Netzwerk Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-962 Hindenburgdamm 30 | 12200 Berlin