Re: 2.6.14-rc2-mm1 - ext3 wedging up

From: Dave Kleikamp
Date: Fri Sep 23 2005 - 15:59:39 EST


On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 15:57 -0500, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 17:31 +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can you try this updated patch? I believe the blk_congestion_wait is
> > just wrong there, since there may be just one page being flushed. That
> > sounds like a longstanding bug except it normally wouldn't trigger
> > because the dirty levels never goes down near zero during heavy writes.
>
> fsx is now stuck in a loop somewhere, using 100% cpu.

I hit send a little early. It eventually responded to a ^C. I'll try
to get some more info.

--
David Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center

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