Re: SW RAID5 + high memory support freezes 2.6.3 kernel

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Feb 23 2004 - 00:31:07 EST


Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > issue http://www.spinics.net/lists/lvm/msg10322.html could be still present
> > in the current 2.6.3 kernel. I am able to repeat the conditions to halt the
> > 2.6.3 kernel (using mkfs.ext3 on RAID device):
>
> To be fair, your subject should say that
> SW RAID5 + high memory + loop device freezes 2.6.3 kernel
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

hm, yes. And the loop code which was involved here was removed from the
kernel last week, so it's a bit academic.

Retest on current 2.6.3-bk or 2.6.3-mm3 please.
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