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SubjectRe: 2.4.20: Proccess stuck in __lock_page ...
On Wed, May 28 2003, Matthias Mueller wrote:
> On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 12:51:56AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > It'd be interesting if any of these changes make a difference.
> >
> >
> > drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c | 7
> > fs/buffer.c | 3030 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 3033 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff -puN drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c~a drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
> > --- 24/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c~a 2003-05-28 00:48:09.000000000 -0700
> > +++ 24-akpm/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c 2003-05-28 00:50:02.000000000 -0700
> > @@ -590,10 +590,10 @@ static struct request *__get_request_wai
> > register struct request *rq;
> > DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
> >
> > - generic_unplug_device(q);
> > - add_wait_queue_exclusive(&q->wait_for_requests[rw], &wait);
> > + add_wait_queue(&q->wait_for_requests[rw], &wait);
> > do {
> > set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> > + generic_unplug_device(q);
> > if (q->rq[rw].count == 0)
> > schedule();
> > spin_lock_irq(&io_request_lock);
> > @@ -829,8 +829,7 @@ void blkdev_release_request(struct reque
> > */
> > if (q) {
> > list_add(&req->queue, &q->rq[rw].free);
> > - if (++q->rq[rw].count >= q->batch_requests &&
> > - waitqueue_active(&q->wait_for_requests[rw]))
> > + if (++q->rq[rw].count >= q->batch_requests)
> > wake_up(&q->wait_for_requests[rw]);
> > }
> > }
> >
>
> Works fine on my notebook. Good throughput and no mouse hangs anymore.

Could you possibly try just the last hunk of the patch, then? Ie just
remove the waitqueue_active(&q->wait_for_requests[rw]) check, leave the
rest as-is.

--
Jens Axboe

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