From: Claudio Martins <ctpm@rnl.ist.utl.pt>
To: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: Re: Processes stuck on D state on Dual Opteron
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:22:47 +0100
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On Monday 11 April 2005 23:59, Nick Piggin wrote:
>
> >   OK, I'll try them in a few minutes and report back.
>
> I'm not overly hopeful. If they fix the problem, then it's likely
> that the real bug is hidden.
>

  Well, the thing is, they do fix the problem. Or at least they hide it very 
well ;-)

  It has been running for more than 5 hours now with stress with no problems 
and no stuck processes.

  I think I'm going to give a try to Neil's patch, but I'll have to apply some 
patches from -mm.

 Thanks

Claudio

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