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From: Peter Williams <pwil3058@bigpond.net.au>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 ps hang ?
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 10:13:08 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <415DF294.1050707@bigpond.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041001164938.3231482e.akpm@osdl.org>

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>>Here is the full sysrq-t output.
> 
> 
> What's this guy up to?
> 
> db2fmcd       D 0000000000000000     0 11032      1          1373 11031 (NOTLB)
> 00000101b9b9bef8 0000000000000002 0000003700000037 00000101c13608a0 
>        000000010000009f 0000010199649250 0000010199649588 0000000000000000 
>        0000000000000206 ffffffff801353db 
> Call Trace:<ffffffff801353db>{try_to_wake_up+971} <ffffffff80445570>{__down_write+128} 
>        <ffffffff80125e7f>{sys32_mmap+143} <ffffffff80124b01>{ia32_sysret+0} 
>        
> 
> Something is seriously screwed up if it's stuck in try_to_wake_up().  Tried
> generating a few extra traces?
> 
> Then again, maybe we're missing an up_read() somewhere.  hrm, I'll check.

It's highly^64 unlikely BUT a possible reason for a task getting stuck 
in try_to_wakeup() is the function adjust_sched_timestamp() which is 
part of the ZAPHOD patch.  This could be tested by removing the if-while 
statement from that function and seeing if that fixes things.  Or you 
could just remove the call from try_to_wake_up().

I'll use a more sensible (bounded) mechanism in the next version of ZAPHOD.

Peter
-- 
Peter Williams                                   pwil3058@bigpond.net.au

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
  -- Ambrose Bierce

  reply	other threads:[~2004-10-02  0:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-01 16:08 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 ps hang ? Badari Pulavarty
2004-10-01 19:09 ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-01 20:06   ` Hugh Dickins
2004-10-01 20:59     ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-01 21:29   ` Badari Pulavarty
2004-10-01 21:55     ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-01 23:06       ` Badari Pulavarty
2004-10-01 23:49         ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-02  0:13           ` Peter Williams [this message]
2004-10-02  0:19           ` Badari Pulavarty
2004-10-02  0:44             ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-04 15:43               ` Badari Pulavarty
2004-10-02  0:29           ` Badari Pulavarty
2004-10-02  0:42             ` Andrew Morton

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