Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:45:32 -0300 (BRT) | From | Marcelo Tosatti <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.22-pre5 deadlock |
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Jim Gifford wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrea Arcangeli" <andrea@suse.de> > To: "Jim Gifford" <maillist@jg555.com> > Cc: "Marcelo Tosatti" <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>; "lkml" > <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 10:21 AM > Subject: Re: 2.4.22-pre5 deadlock > > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 10:03:03AM -0700, Jim Gifford wrote: > > > As requested. > > > > please try to reproduce w/o devfs and/or w/o a kernel module that is > > loadable called ipt_psd (netfilter stuff likely, but not part of > > mainline pre6/pre7). probably it'll go away either ways and it seems > > triggered by the process called couriertcpd. Not sure exactly what's > > going on though, since looking into devfs/devfsd doesn't sound > > interesting anymore and I don't see the netfilter code out of mainline. > > > > (probably this email will get some delay, so apologies if it is obsolete > > by the time it reaches the network) > > > > Andrea > > > I have removed all non-standard iptables modules and the dazuko module. It > locked up under pre6 without these modules, but pre7 hasn't caused a problem > yet, it's at 28 hours so far, the record is three days. I have noticed > increased memory usage, which is the starting sign of problems.
Jim,
The increased memory usage seems normal. Its the kernel cahcing more and more buffers: they will be freed when the system needs memory.
Lets wait and see what happens without the iptables and dazuko modules. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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