Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when FSis under heavy write load (massive starvation)

[Andrew Morton]

On Fri, 04 May 2007 10:18:12 +0400 Alex Tomas <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Yes, there can be issues with needing to allocate journal space within the
> > context of a commit.  But
> 
> no-no, this isn't required. we only need to mark pages/blocks within
> transaction, otherwise race is possible when we allocate blocks in transaction,
> then transacton starts to commit, then we mark pages/blocks to be flushed
> before commit.

I don't understand.  Can you please describe the race in more detail?
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