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 10:27:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 10:27:22 -0500 Received: from mailout2-0.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.121]:17367 "EHLO mailout2-0.nyroc.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 10:27:05 -0500 Message-ID: <3A72E8C7.138BB69E@rochester.rr.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 10:27:03 -0500 From: Mark Bratcher X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.0a i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.0 loop device still hangs In-Reply-To: <3A70EF20.1B02B307@rochester.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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! Can I continue running this patch on 2.4.0 with impunity, or do I need to be careful of anything else? :-) Mark Mark Bratcher wrote: > > Hello, > > I saw a post dated last fall 2000 sometime about the loop device hanging > when copying large amounts of data to a file mounted as, say, ext2fs. It > was in regard to kernel 2.4.0test-something. > > I have the latest 2.4.0 kernel loaded on my system and this bug appears > to be there, although I have seen other notes that claim that it is > fixed. > > Can anyone confirm whether this bug is "officially" known to be in the > official 2.4.0 kernel? Currently I have to reboot to 2.2.17 to do my > CD-RW backups. > > Thanks. -- Mark Bratcher mailto:mbratche@rochester.rr.com --------------------------------------------------------- Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux! - 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/