Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 03 Jan 2001 15:20:38 +0100 | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: scheduling problem? |
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Mike Galbraith wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Daniel Phillips wrote: > > > Could you try this patch just to see what happens? It uses semaphores > > for the bdflush synchronization instead of banging directly on the task > > wait queues. It's supposed to be a drop-in replacement for the bdflush > > wakeup/waitfor mechanism, but who knows, it may have subtly different > > behavious in your case. > > Semaphore timed out during boot, leaving bdflush as zombie.
Hmm, how could that happen? I'm booted and running with that patch right now and have beaten on it extensively - it sounds like something else is broken. Or maybe we've already established that - let me read the thread again.
Which semaphore timed out, bdflush_request or bdflush_waiter?
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