Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758587AbXJKQXj (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:23:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752516AbXJKQXc (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:23:32 -0400 Received: from mail.exegy.com ([209.83.156.2]:1788 "EHLO mail.exegy.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752461AbXJKQXb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:23:31 -0400 Thread-Index: AcgMIw+RR7sTX9JgShWJ2xXehXKcNw== X-Ninja-AntiSpoofing: spoofed Message-ID: <470E4E02.4000504@exegy.com> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:23:30 -0500 From: "Mr. Berkley Shands" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Nick Piggin" , Subject: Re: 2.6.23 spinlock hang in kswapd under heavy disk write loads Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4073 Importance: normal X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Oct 2007 16:23:30.0357 (UTC) FILETIME=[0F812650:01C80C23] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1340 Lines: 23 With DEBUG_SLAB on, I can run only a very short time under 2.6.23 before a kernel panic. [ 626.028180] eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq. [ 626.167583] eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq. [ 626.206729] eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq. [ 626.400171] eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq. [ 626.446374] eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq. followed by the crash at forcedeth:nv_nic_irq_optimized+0x89 handle_IRQ_event+0x25 handle_edge_IRQ+0xe3 do_IRQ berkley This e-mail and any documents accompanying it may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information belonging to Exegy, Inc. Such information may be protected from disclosure by law. The information is intended for use by only the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure or use of the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately contact the sender by e-mail or phone regarding instructions for return or destruction and do not use or disclose the content to others. - 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/