Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:17:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:17:11 -0500 Received: from sy5kts4-p22.ust.hk ([143.89.224.172]:3588 "EHLO hingwah") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:17:01 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:16:05 +0800 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Hang when using loop device Message-ID: <20010321121605.A822@hingwah> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i From: hingwah@programmer.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello all, Recently my ext2 partition out of space so I have made a regular file in the FAT32 partition and format it as ext2 partiton and mount it as loop device.However,occasionaly when I extract a large tar to the loop device.. The computer will hang while extracting. I wonder if deadlock occur. I'm using kernel 2.4.1 now and there is no problem when I am using kernel 2.2.x kernel - 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/