Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 23 Sep 2005 01:57:19 -0700 | | From | Andrew Morton <> | | Subject | Re: Hang during rm on ext2 mounted sync (2.6.14-rc2+) |
Chris Sykes <chris@sigsegv.plus.com> wrote: > > Kernels: 2.6.14-rc1 -> 2.6.14-rc2 + up to hg changeset 5c9ff0e17a61 > > I'm experiencing processes getting stuck in the 'D' state whilst > rm'ing files on an ext2 fs mounted with the 'sync' option. What I've > tested so far: > > * Ext2 mounted with sync: rm hangs > * Ext2 mounted without sync: OK > * Ext3 mounted with sync: OK > * Ext3 mounted without sync: OK > > I first noticed this on my /boot partition, and wanted to know whether > it was repeatable so I've created a few test ext2 filesystem images > and mounted them via loopback.
Odd. Seems OK here. How hard is it to make it occur?
I'd be suspecting a lost I/O completion from the device driver. Are you really sure that ext3 cannot be made to do the same thing?
Suggest you generate the `dmesg -s 1000000' output for both good and bad kernels, do a `diff -u' on them and look for IDE complaints (or SCSI, if you're on SCSI). - 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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