Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269987AbTGUMzj (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:55:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269994AbTGUMzh (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:55:37 -0400 Received: from perninha.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.156]:6327 "EHLO perninha.conectiva.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269987AbTGUMzg (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:55:36 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:45:32 -0300 (BRT) From: Marcelo Tosatti X-X-Sender: marcelo@freak.distro.conectiva To: Jim Gifford Cc: Andrea Arcangeli , lkml Subject: Re: 2.4.22-pre5 deadlock In-Reply-To: <018101c34f4d$430d5850$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> Message-ID: References: <042801c3472c$f4539f80$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <06e301c347c7$2a779590$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <002b01c347e9$36a04110$f300a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <001801c348a0$9dab91e0$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <008701c34a29$caabb0f0$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <20030719172103.GA1971@x30.local> <018101c34f4d$430d5850$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1747 Lines: 44 On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Jim Gifford wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrea Arcangeli" > To: "Jim Gifford" > Cc: "Marcelo Tosatti" ; "lkml" > > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 10:21 AM > Subject: Re: 2.4.22-pre5 deadlock > > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 10:03:03AM -0700, Jim Gifford wrote: > > > As requested. > > > > please try to reproduce w/o devfs and/or w/o a kernel module that is > > loadable called ipt_psd (netfilter stuff likely, but not part of > > mainline pre6/pre7). probably it'll go away either ways and it seems > > triggered by the process called couriertcpd. Not sure exactly what's > > going on though, since looking into devfs/devfsd doesn't sound > > interesting anymore and I don't see the netfilter code out of mainline. > > > > (probably this email will get some delay, so apologies if it is obsolete > > by the time it reaches the network) > > > > Andrea > > > I have removed all non-standard iptables modules and the dazuko module. It > locked up under pre6 without these modules, but pre7 hasn't caused a problem > yet, it's at 28 hours so far, the record is three days. I have noticed > increased memory usage, which is the starting sign of problems. Jim, The increased memory usage seems normal. Its the kernel cahcing more and more buffers: they will be freed when the system needs memory. Lets wait and see what happens without the iptables and dazuko modules. - 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/