From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756873Ab0EaROx (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 May 2010 13:14:53 -0400 Received: from icebox.esperi.org.uk ([81.187.191.129]:45036 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756703Ab0EaROv (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 May 2010 13:14:51 -0400 To: Trond Myklebust Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux NFS Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.6.34 nfs fsync() deadlock References: <87r5ksjfql.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <1275320467.5038.9.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> From: Nix Emacs: a Lisp interpreter masquerading as ... a Lisp interpreter! Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 18:14:37 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1275320467.5038.9.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> (Trond Myklebust's message of "Mon, 31 May 2010 11:41:07 -0400") Message-ID: <87ljb0j8n6.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) XEmacs/21.5-b29 (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-DCC-URT-Metrics: spindle 1060; Body=3 Fuz1=3 Fuz2=3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 31 May 2010, Trond Myklebust said: > Can you see if the following 2 attached patches (already sent to > stable@kernel.org) suffice to fix the hang? I'm almost getting blasé about ultrafast solutions to NFS bugs by now. I submit a problem report and it turns out it's already been fixed or will be in fifteen minutes. :) I have to wait for a RAID resync first *sigh* but after that I'll try the patches out. I'll know in four hours or so... (the problem is relatively rare: it takes ten or so postgresql 'make check' runs to trigger it.)