Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:12:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:12:07 -0500 Received: from thebsh.namesys.com ([212.16.0.238]:18188 "HELO thebsh.namesys.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:12:02 -0500 Message-ID: <3C16AE9B.5070204@namesys.com> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 04:10:51 +0300 From: Hans Reiser User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.6) Gecko/20011120 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johan Ekenberg CC: Chris Mason , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: SV: Lockups with 2.4.14 and 2.4.16 In-Reply-To: <001001c182a8$8624a670$050010ac@FUTURE> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Johan Ekenberg wrote: >>>## Kernel: >>> - 2.4.14 and 2.4.16 >>> - Patched for reiserfs-quota with patches found at >>> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mason/patches/reiserfs/quota-2.4/ >>> ( * 50_quota-patch >>> * dquota_deadlock >>> * nesting >>> * reiserfs-quota ) >>> >>For the 2.4.16 kernel, you used the quota patches from my 2.4.16 dir? >> > >Yes. > >>The fastest way to rule out filesystem deadlocks is to hook up a serial >>console and send me the decoded output of sysrq-t. >> > >I'll look into this. A bit of a problem since there are 10 servers and you >never know which one is going to lockup next time. Do I really need 10 PC's >to monitor them simultaneously or could it be done more efficiently? I'm no >kernel hacker, any pointers as to what tools to use etc would be most >welcome. > >Thanks, >/Johan Ekenberg > >- >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/ > > You need ten serial ports. Actually, a lot of machine rooms have all their servers connected via serial lines to one machine (or at least this was true years ago when I was a sysadmin). It makes it a lot easier to administer them by remote access from home in the middle of the night. Hans - 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/