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DateSun, 17 Oct 2004 10:00:09 -0400
FromJeff Garzik <>
SubjectRe: Hang on x86-64, 2.6.9-rc3-bk4
Nick Piggin wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>> Nick Piggin wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jeff, my patch has gone to Linus... but if you have time can
>>> you just verify that it works without the added cond_resched()
>>> please?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Wouldn't akpm's patch be better?
>>
>
> Doesn't actually fix the problem. Well *sigh*, it does but it doesn't
> if you know what I mean. It "fixed" the problem because your other
> (non-empty) zones will now increase total_scanned, which means the busy
> loop will turn into a sleepy loop and you don't notice a problem.
>
>> I would tend to prefer that a one-liner hang fix go into -final, as
>> it's easier to review and verify at this late stage.
>>
>
> Apart from the above, akpm's patch does fix *a* bug, but actually changes
> much more common case code a lot more than my patch, and has less obvious
> consequences. It really wants a full cycle for performance regressions to
> appear.



Well, I'll let you and Andrew and Linus fight over it, then.

_Someone_ just please get _something_ into 2.6.9-final, so that the
kernel doesn't hang under heavy I/O (someone else ack'd the problem, and
the fix, privately as well, under a totally different test case).

Jeff


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