Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756779AbXKGDZC (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:25:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754812AbXKGDYy (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:24:54 -0500 Received: from chilli.pcug.org.au ([203.10.76.44]:53343 "EHLO smtps.tip.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754583AbXKGDYx (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:24:53 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:24:53 +1100 From: Stephen Rothwell To: David Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc1 - Regularly getting processes stuck in D state on startup Message-Id: <20071107142453.4379532e.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20071106174626.3c7d3a14.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> References: <472F5F8B.7090200@unsolicited.net> <20071106174626.3c7d3a14.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Wed__7_Nov_2007_14_24_53_+1100_TWlY8ZVexOPPP=HF" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1391 Lines: 39 --Signature=_Wed__7_Nov_2007_14_24_53_+1100_TWlY8ZVexOPPP=HF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:46:26 +1100 Stephen Rothwell w= rote: > > I am seeing something very similar on a PowerPC machine where copying a > file from an LVM volume with ext3 on it to a simple scsi partition (again > ext3) on the same disk will hang in congestion_wait. If I am patient > enough, the copy makes very slow progress. A kill -9 will kill it > eventually, but a simple control-C will not. Turns out a simple control-C would kill the copy, I was just not patient enough :-) --=20 Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/ --Signature=_Wed__7_Nov_2007_14_24_53_+1100_TWlY8ZVexOPPP=HF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHMTAITgG2atn1QN8RAj1rAJ9ceEJX5cQN8SASDqIZfTXA+WpVLwCffb4d BJoHHuyTyhUypfOxutP8W4o= =0v+m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Wed__7_Nov_2007_14_24_53_+1100_TWlY8ZVexOPPP=HF-- - 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/