2.4.20-rc1 reliably gets processes stuck in D, eventually wedging the whole
system. This is by diffing two kernel pools, one of which has 9 138764288
byte core files.
The diff itself is stuck in __wait_on_buffer:
Trace; c0131608 <__wait_on_buffer+68/90>
Trace; c0132258 <getblk+28/60>
Trace; c0132269 <getblk+39/60>
Trace; c01324d6 <bread+46/70>
Trace; c0121918 <handle_mm_fault+58/c0>
Trace; c0163b02 <ext2_get_branch+52/c0>
Trace; c0163d99 <ext2_get_block+59/320>
Trace; c01109fa <do_page_fault+17a/4ab>
Trace; c01326b2 <create_buffers+62/f0>
Trace; c01326b8 <create_buffers+68/f0>
Trace; c0132fec <block_read_full_page+ec/240>
Trace; c0123a3d <add_to_page_cache_unique+6d/80>
Trace; c0123ad8 <page_cache_read+88/c0>
Trace; c0163d40 <ext2_get_block+0/320>
Trace; c01240b5 <generic_file_readahead+f5/130>
Trace; c012430f <do_generic_file_read+1df/430>
Trace; c012487c <generic_file_read+7c/110>
Trace; c0124780 <file_read_actor+0/80>
Trace; c0130796 <sys_read+96/f0>
Trace; c010bafb <sys_mmap2+2b/30>
Trace; c0106d8b <system_call+33/38>
kupdated and bdflush are both stuck in __wait_on_buffer called from timer_bh:
kupdated:
Trace; c01a0595 <__get_request_wait+95/d0>
Trace; c01a0b6b <__make_request+3db/570>
Trace; c011b424 <timer_bh+274/390>
Trace; c011817b <bh_action+1b/50>
Trace; c0118084 <tasklet_hi_action+44/70>
Trace; c01a0e0e <generic_make_request+10e/130>
Trace; c010833c <do_IRQ+9c/b0>
Trace; c01a0e7b <submit_bh+4b/70>
Trace; c0131684 <write_locked_buffers+24/30>
Trace; c0131731 <write_some_buffers+a1/f0>
Trace; c013455c <sync_old_buffers+1c/40>
Trace; c0134824 <kupdate+f4/120>
Trace; c0105000 <_stext+0/0>
Trace; c0105000 <_stext+0/0>
Trace; c01055d6 <kernel_thread+26/30>
Trace; c0134730 <kupdate+0/120>
bdflush:
Trace; c01a0595 <__get_request_wait+95/d0>
Trace; c01a0b6b <__make_request+3db/570>
Trace; c011b1d7 <timer_bh+27/390>
Trace; c011817b <bh_action+1b/50>
Trace; c0118084 <tasklet_hi_action+44/70>
Trace; c0110e0e <remap_area_pages+7e/1d0>
Trace; c010833c <do_IRQ+9c/b0>
Trace; c01a0e7b <submit_bh+4b/70>
Trace; c0131684 <write_locked_buffers+24/30>
Trace; c0131731 <write_some_buffers+a1/f0>
Trace; c01346fe <bdflush+9e/d0>
Trace; c0105000 <_stext+0/0>
Trace; c01055d6 <kernel_thread+26/30>
Trace; c0134660 <bdflush+0/d0>
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