Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:03:55 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Hauke Johannknecht <> | Subject | Re: pre-9 freeze with loop-fs |
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On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Benjamin C R LaHaise wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Hauke Johannknecht wrote: > > if i mount two fs via loopback (just dont ask why and what) > > and copy some megs (around 100) via > > ( cd <sourcedir> && tar cpf - * ) | tar xvpf - > > and then make a df after some minutes of copying my system > > comes to a full stop. instant silence. no message. no log. > > just a "cli && hlt"-style freeze. > If you actually mean the loopback filesystem that I wrote, then there's a > couple of reasons why it might freeze. But I presume you actually mean > the loop-device, in which case it's probably a deadlock resulting from > dirty buffers/lack of buffer heads. uh. didnt know there are two loop-whatevers. :) i think i mean the loop-device. i mount a file containing a ext2-fs. (again. dont ask why. :)
already got two patches to test. :) (compili, compila ...) one from werner fink. so it seem to be the buffers. ;)
Gruss, Hauke
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