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From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>,
	Clemens Schwaighofer <cs@tequila.co.jp>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>,
	Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: Oops and Panics in 2.6.21.1, 2.6.20.6 and 2.6.19.2
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 13:54:17 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <464CA4D9.4050006@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070516091346.3c76cb46.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2007 17:40:53 +0200 Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I see.  I thought there was different approach on fixing the problem.
>> I'll try to backport the synchronization fix but am afraid it can be too
>> risky for -stable.  If it seems too risky, I'll send a patch to disable
>> reclamation.
> 
> OK.  Sad.  Maybe we add /proc/sys/fs/i-have-lots-of-disks-and-dont-mind-if-it-oopses
> to enable the old behaviour.

Out of curiosity, is there a decent reproducer for this problem, or is 
it just a few lucky individuals? :)

-Eric

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-17 18:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-16  0:24 Oops and Panics in 2.6.21.1, 2.6.20.6 and 2.6.19.2 Clemens Schwaighofer
2007-05-16  1:52 ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2007-05-16  1:53 ` Andrew Morton
2007-05-16  2:02   ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2007-05-16  2:46   ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2007-05-16  3:18     ` Andrew Morton
2007-05-16 11:05   ` Tejun Heo
2007-05-16 15:29     ` Andrew Morton
2007-05-16 15:40       ` Tejun Heo
2007-05-16 16:06         ` Chuck Ebbert
2007-05-16 16:13         ` Andrew Morton
2007-05-16 18:31           ` [PATCH -stable] sysfs: disable reclamation by default Tejun Heo
2007-05-17 12:04             ` Greg KH
2007-05-17 17:39               ` Maneesh Soni
2007-05-17 17:49                 ` Tejun Heo
2007-05-17 17:52                   ` [PATCH 1/2] sysfs: fix condition check in sysfs_drop_dentry() Tejun Heo
2007-05-21  4:35                     ` Maneesh Soni
2007-05-17 17:59                   ` [PATCH 2/2] sysfs: fix race condition around sd->s_dentry Tejun Heo
2007-05-17 18:16                     ` [PATCH 2/2] sysfs: fix race condition around sd->s_dentry, take#2 Tejun Heo
2007-05-21  5:01                       ` Maneesh Soni
2007-05-21 16:02                         ` Eric Sandeen
2007-05-21 16:15                           ` Tejun Heo
2007-05-22 22:38                         ` Greg KH
2007-05-23  8:21                           ` Tejun Heo
2007-06-08 14:35                             ` Tejun Heo
2007-06-09  6:49                               ` Tejun Heo
2007-06-10 16:18                                 ` Greg KH
2007-05-21  4:39                   ` [PATCH -stable] sysfs: disable reclamation by default Maneesh Soni
2007-05-17 18:54           ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
2007-06-29  2:51 ` Oops and Panics in 2.6.21.1, 2.6.20.6 and 2.6.19.2 Clemens Schwaighofer
2007-06-29  6:12   ` Satyam Sharma
2007-06-29  6:18     ` Clemens Schwaighofer

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