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SubjectRe: 2.6.3-mm3 sometimes freeze on "sync"
FromAlexander Hoogerhuis <>
Date27 Feb 2004 15:49:38 +0100
Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no> writes:

> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no> wrote:
> >
> >>2.6.3-mm3 (and 2.6.3-mm1) occationally freeze on "sync".
> > yup. bug.  This should fix.
> 
> This seems to work for me.  I've booted 2.6.3-mm3 with this
> patch.  I ran some syncs, then forced the machine to
> swap with a big tar and ran some more syncs.  It works.
> 

Just posted in reply to someone else ont he list, but I'm runnign -mm3
with the patch and seeing hangs after mkfs'ing ext3 fs'es on HP
servers with the cciss-driver; roughly 50% chance of it happening on
"umount /dir && mke2fs -j -L /dir /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 && mount /dir".

> Helge Hafting
> 

mvh,
A
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