Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:05:12 +0000 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.27 inotify causes unkillable processes with 100% CPU usage |
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 01:31:29PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote: > There appears to be a bug in 2.6.27 and inotify where it causes processes > in running state to eat 100% CPU and they can't be killed with kill -9, > requiring a reboot to get rid of them.
> Kernels causing the hang: > > 2.6.27-9.slh.1-sidux-686 > Arch Linux, kernel 2.6.27.8 > Gentoo with 2.6.27-gentoo-r5, amd64, 2 dual core opterons > > Not causing the hang: > > 2.6.26-6.slh.1-sidux-686
Could you try to bisect that? Particulary interesting commits:
8f7b0ba1c853919b85b54774775f567f30006107 6ff2d39b91aec3dcae951afa982059e3dd9b49dc 711a49a07f84f914aac26a52143f6e7526571143
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