Re: 2.6.0-t3: vfs/ext3 do_lookup bug?!

[Linus Torvalds]

Andrew Morton wrote:

> Martin Zwickel <martin.zwickel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Today I wanted to check out some src-files from cvs.
>>  But my fault was, that I ran cvs twice at the same time.
>> 
>>  so two "cvs upd -d -A" are now in 'D' state.
>> 
>>  I think they got stuck because both tried to access the same file.
> 
> How odd.  Were they the only processes which were in D state?

They are probably hung on the same semaphore, ie "dir->i_sem". They almost
certainly are not deadlocked on each other: something else has either left
the directory semaphore locked, or is in turn waiting for something else.

Martin - do you have the _full_ list of processes available?

                Linus
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/