Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751014AbVJBNvU (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Oct 2005 09:51:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751029AbVJBNvU (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Oct 2005 09:51:20 -0400 Received: from e32.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.150]:60104 "EHLO e32.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751014AbVJBNvT (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Oct 2005 09:51:19 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.14-rc2-mm1 - ext3 wedging up From: Dave Kleikamp To: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Con Kolivas , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20051002102726.GB26677@opteron.random> References: <200509221959.j8MJxJsY010193@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <200509231036.16921.kernel@kolivas.org> <200509230720.j8N7KYGX023826@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20050923153158.GA4548@x30.random> <1127509047.8880.4.camel@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com> <1127509155.8875.6.camel@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com> <1127511979.8875.11.camel@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com> <20050928223829.GH10408@opteron.random> <1128126424.10237.7.camel@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com> <20051002102726.GB26677@opteron.random> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 08:51:12 -0500 Message-Id: <1128261072.9382.4.camel@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1036 Lines: 26 On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 12:27 +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 07:27:04PM -0500, Dave Kleikamp wrote: > > I tracked down my problem to a bug in jfs. jfs is explicitly setting > > Ok great this explain things, so perhaps my last hack attempt of not > accounting the unstable pages in the "nr_reclaimable" isn't needed. Maybe it is. I just retested the fixed jfs on 2.6.14-rc2-mm1, and I still see the hang. I can probably debug it further on Monday if necessary. > What about Valids, were you using jfs too along with ext3? If a single > fs has a bug the loop can happen (it could happen in mainline too, > except it was less likely to be visible there). > > Note Valids, your smtp server bounces back my emails. > -- David Kleikamp IBM Linux Technology Center - 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/