2007-01-23 14:23:15

by kyle

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Subject: Re: change strip_cache_size freeze the whole raid

> I can try and do this later this week possibly.

> Justin.
>>
>> alt-sysrq-T or "echo t > /proc/sysrq-trigger" can be really helpful to
>> diagnose this sort of problem (providing the system isn't so badly
>> stuck that the kernel logs don't get stored).
>>
>> It is probably hitting a memory-allocation deadlock, though I cannot
>> see exactly where the deadlock would be. If you are able to reproduce
>> it and can get the kernel logs after 'alt-sysrq-T' I would really
>> appreciate it.
>> Justin,Maybe you can try freeze it once more and get the kernel logs
>> before try Neil's patch ...... :D~Kyle