Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753927Ab2KZDLs (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:11:48 -0500 Received: from ngcobalt07.manitu.net ([217.11.48.107]:44854 "EHLO ngcobalt07.manitu.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753753Ab2KZDLr (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:11:47 -0500 X-manitu-Original-Sender-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-manitu-Original-Receiver-Name: ngcobalt07.manitu.net Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:11:40 +0100 From: Roland Eggner To: Alan Cox Cc: Dimitrios Apostolou , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: backing up ext4 fs, system unresponsive, thrashing like crazy even though swap is unused Message-ID: <20121126031140.GA26738@mobil.systemanalysen.net> Reply-To: Roland Eggner Mail-Followup-To: Alan Cox , Dimitrios Apostolou , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1353851735.22969.18.camel@soupermouf> <1353871800.22969.28.camel@soupermouf> <20121125225954.GA14653@mobil.systemanalysen.net> <20121125235651.2f73a539@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121125235651.2f73a539@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1749 Lines: 62 --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2012-11-25 Sunday at 23:56 +0000 Alan Cox wrote: > > Does anybody know a x86 distribution or live-CD using a 2.6.27.* kernel? >=20 > Probably not a good idea, there are known exploitable holes in 2.6.27 era > kernels and nobody maintains anything that old. =E2=80=9Cold=E2=80=9D is relative =E2=80=A6 cd git/linux-stable && git log -1 --date=3Diso v2.6.27.62 =2E....................................................... commit bc4e1a77b06519a01e7aed1125695598e27ddeb2 Author: Willy Tarreau Date: 2012-03-17 14:03:53 +0100 Linux 2.6.27.62 Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau =E2=80=A6 and surely less exploitable than a system suffering oom-killer ac= tions. Google "linux-2.6.27 download" gives some Ubuntu hits =E2=80=A6 > I guess RHEL/Centos might work for you. > > I've not had any problems with leaks in 3.6 but there have been a few > reports and its clear that some obscure configurations trigger something > bad. >=20 > Gnome 3 on the other hand leaks like a sieve. For a system with 128 M total RAM, Gnome is obviously off topic. --=20 Roland --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlCy3ewACgkQdN/hKfT7G/JE7QCdHXVognKD9q2kIVat5nd21vio bdoAn0xutxExvYZFZqOgJZSPaBgf1Kf6 =dbVK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/