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Subject: Re: fsync/wb deadlocks in 2.6.32
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We got another instance yesterday. A large number of machines
simultaneously started spewing the kernel messages. Had to reboot to get
the state cleared up. Very very annoying. Anyone know a reason for these
writeback deadlocks?