Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751601AbYLOMF1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:05:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750749AbYLOMFQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:05:16 -0500 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:55281 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750736AbYLOMFP (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:05:15 -0500 Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:05:12 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Timo Sirainen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nuitari-dovecot@nuitari.net, Arno Wald , David Rosenstrauch Subject: Re: 2.6.27 inotify causes unkillable processes with 100% CPU usage Message-ID: <20081215120512.GT28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 893 Lines: 25 On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 01:31:29PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote: > There appears to be a bug in 2.6.27 and inotify where it causes processes > in running state to eat 100% CPU and they can't be killed with kill -9, > requiring a reboot to get rid of them. > Kernels causing the hang: > > 2.6.27-9.slh.1-sidux-686 > Arch Linux, kernel 2.6.27.8 > Gentoo with 2.6.27-gentoo-r5, amd64, 2 dual core opterons > > Not causing the hang: > > 2.6.26-6.slh.1-sidux-686 Could you try to bisect that? Particulary interesting commits: 8f7b0ba1c853919b85b54774775f567f30006107 6ff2d39b91aec3dcae951afa982059e3dd9b49dc 711a49a07f84f914aac26a52143f6e7526571143 -- 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/