From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262879AbUB0NxX (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:53:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262867AbUB0NxX (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:53:23 -0500 Received: from pileup.ihatent.com ([217.13.24.22]:62994 "EHLO pileup.ihatent.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262879AbUB0NvR (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:51:17 -0500 To: mru@kth.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Gentoo mm-sources-2.6.3 kenrel's problem References: <20040227124205.84877.qmail@span.corp.yahoo.com> From: Alexander Hoogerhuis Date: 27 Feb 2004 14:49:56 +0100 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <87ptc04oor.fsf@lapper.ihatent.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård) writes: > duoduo writes: > > > when i issue sync command immediately after deleting > > a large file or directory, the whole system will > > freeze > > with no reaction, only could do rebooting > > What filesystem? What type of disk? Does the machine respond to > network? Is the error easily reproducible? Try it at a text console > and see if there's a panic message. > I'm seeing this on a handfull of HP DL360G3's, all using the cciss-driver for RAID; running 2.6.3-mm2 (with Andrews sync-fix patch). Currently installed with gentoo "testing" (~x86 keyword), and they will hang on occation when running mke2fs, and about half the time when executing something like this: umount /some/dir && mke2fs -j -L /some/dir /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 && mount /some/dir All filesystems (12 of them) are formatted as ext3, I'm using udev, not devfs FWIW. Let me know if I can be of more help. The machines will be fully respons network-wise, it only seems that disk I/O hangs at that point; it wont perform a new login or an already open prompt won't do anything but hang at that point. mvh, A -- Alexander Hoogerhuis | alexh@ihatent.com CCNP - CCDP - MCNE - CCSE | +47 908 21 485 "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it." --Scott McNealy