From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755813AbYBVSBB (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:01:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760544AbYBVSAu (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:00:50 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:40928 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759223AbYBVSAt (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:00:49 -0500 Message-ID: <47BF0DCD.4060400@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:00:45 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Anders Eriksson CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux IDE mailing list , Jens Axboe Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc2 + smartd = hang References: <20080222165122.8D2BB93C12F@tippex.mynet.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20080222165122.8D2BB93C12F@tippex.mynet.homeunix.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.3 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Anders Eriksson wrote: > Hi, > > Trying out 2.6.25-rc2 smartd always causes my box to hang. I can switch > vt:s and the keyboard seems to work. > > Using sysrq-e I noticed a callpath open -> ext3 -> journals -> sync_buffer -> > io_scheduel -> generic_unplig_device. > > I'd guess the open stems from smartd. Removing smartd from the startup, I'm > now using rc2 fine... > > I got a nice jpg showing it as well. The sysrq-e output is probably just standard ext3 journalling unrelated to the problem... what does dmesg say? lspci? What's your hardware setup? Jeff