Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:06:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:06:38 -0400 Received: from penguin.e-mind.com ([195.223.140.120]:32587 "EHLO penguin.e-mind.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:06:31 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:06:53 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Gianluca Anzolin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.7-pre6 can't complete e2fsck Message-ID: <20010716190653.E11978@athlon.random> In-Reply-To: <20010716132933.A216@fourier.home.intranet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010716132933.A216@fourier.home.intranet>; from g.anzolin@inwind.it on Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 01:29:33PM +0200 X-GnuPG-Key-URL: http://e-mind.com/~andrea/aa.gnupg.asc X-PGP-Key-URL: http://e-mind.com/~andrea/aa.asc Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 01:29:33PM +0200, Gianluca Anzolin wrote: > I've upgraded to 2.4.7-pre6aa1 and I'm seeing a strange behaviour: > > e2fsck /dev/hda3 never finishes: I can't even stop the process with > CTRL+C. Alt+SysRQ works and it tells me that the number of inactive dirty > pages increases, while the active and free pages decrease. > > Alt+SYSRQ+P says the kernel loops mainly in page_launder > > Is there a patch to solve this problem? The problem will go away if you backout this patch: ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.7pre6aa1/40_blkdev-pagecache-5 I can reproduce so it will be fixed in the next release. thanks for the feedback. Andrea - 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/