Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262608AbUKRGHz (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2004 01:07:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262613AbUKRGHz (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2004 01:07:55 -0500 Received: from omx3-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.20]:20710 "EHLO omx3.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262608AbUKRGHu (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2004 01:07:50 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:05:01 +1100 From: Nathan Scott To: Brad Fitzpatrick Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Lisa Phillips , Mark Smith , linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: 2.6.9: unkillable processes during heavy IO Message-ID: <20041118050501.GD9834@frodo> References: <20041116200156.2b2526e5.akpm@osdl.org> <20041117045506.GA1802@frodo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 847 Lines: 26 On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 11:00:41PM -0800, Brad Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Brad, could you send me details on how you've setup mysqld > > and how to generate a load similar to yours, so that I can > > reproduce the hang locally? > > The MySQL people made a tool to reproduce MySQL-like load for the specific > purpose of not putting you through the database setup pain: Ah, fantastic. I've reproduced it now with this tool and a simplified version of your recipe - I'll have a fix for you to try before too long. > Well, sysbench should help you find the problem. Yep, it sure did. thanks! -- Nathan - 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/