Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:42:38 +0100 (CET) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: [2.2.13aa6 (bugfix release II) ] |
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On 20 Dec 1999, ursus wrote:
>I upgraded a cluster of servers (Compaq 6400R, 2 x PIII-500) >from 2.2.13ac3 to 2.2.13aa6+raid-0.90 (and the incremental >"set_blocksize" patch you kindly provided) and Don Becker's
That's a fine kernel ;)
>[..] I just had one of the servers >crash with the following error (seen before under 2.2.13ac3):
I changed nothing in my aa patches related to the problem you have, so it's normal you get it as in the 2.2.13ac3 kernel.
Your report gives interesting info, thanks.
>to add "nosmp noapic", and I'll see if the servers >run stable w/o SMP ... this isn't a real solution
I bet it will be rock solid in UP. This looks like a genuine SMP race (of course trusting it's not an hardware issue).
>assuming I can nail down this SMP problem :)
We'll nail it down ;).
> I see a patch regarding bh_latency for 2.2.14pre; > does this address the above "wait_on_bh" problem?
It's won't help you, it's performance stuff (and it's not complete yet).
Andrea
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