Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750798AbWJEEdS (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 00:33:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750797AbWJEEdS (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 00:33:18 -0400 Received: from omx2-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.19]:42948 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750792AbWJEEdR (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 00:33:17 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 14:31:54 +1000 From: David Chinner To: Steve Hindle Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Hardlock with 2.6.1[678] on Abit AI7, ICH5 + XFS, SATA under heavy I/O load Message-ID: <20061005043154.GA11811@melbourne.sgi.com> References: <9a0545880610041828w658d7aaco20348d54e9321d8f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9a0545880610041828w658d7aaco20348d54e9321d8f@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 909 Lines: 29 On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 06:28:35PM -0700, Steve Hindle wrote: > Hello, > > My machine is hardlocking with recent kernels (including 2.6.18-mm3) > under heavy I/O load (for instance, just compiling the kernel is > enough to lock the machine). No bug,oops,or panic and nothing in the > system logs. Does it happen on any other filesystems? Is this your root filesystem that is hanging? > Hasn't seemed to cause any fs corruption (which strikes > me as odd, since its generally writing files when it hangs..) Journalling filesystems shouldn't get corrupted by hangs or crashes... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner Principal Engineer SGI Australian Software Group - 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/