Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264331AbUD0UUU (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:20:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264334AbUD0UUU (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:20:20 -0400 Received: from jurassic.park.msu.ru ([195.208.223.243]:33672 "EHLO jurassic.park.msu.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264331AbUD0UUQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:20:16 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:20:18 +0400 From: Ivan Kokshaysky To: Marc Giger Cc: Dru , linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com, =?koi8-r?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: status of Linux on Alpha? Message-ID: <20040428002018.A827@den.park.msu.ru> References: <20040329205233.5b7905aa@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040404121032.7bb42b35@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040409134534.67805dfd@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040409134828.0e2984e5@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040409230651.A727@den.park.msu.ru> <20040413194907.7ce8ceb7@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040427185124.134073cd@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040427215514.A651@den.park.msu.ru> <20040427200830.3f485a54@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20040427200830.3f485a54@vaio.gigerstyle.ch>; from gigerstyle@gmx.ch on Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 08:08:30PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 671 Lines: 16 On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 08:08:30PM +0200, Marc Giger wrote: > I wonder why it happens only with the XFS code. What I saw > rw_sem is used all over the place in the kernel. Dru says it happens with ext3 as well. XFS folks used their own locking code (which hasn't suffered from that bug) until 2.6.4, that's why you noticed the difference... In either case, you need _really_ heavy write IO activity to trigger the bug. Ivan. - 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/