Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:27:07 -0800 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.14 hangs on Dell PowerEdge 6300 |
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On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 07:25:44AM -0700, James Bourne wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Nagy Tibor wrote: > > > I am sorry, this the same message as yesterday, but I misstyped the > > version. It is about 2.4..., of cource. > > > > Hi, > > > > we were satisfied with linux kernel version 2.4.9. Our linux server is > > unusable with kernel version 2.4.10 and higher, also with 2.4.14 > > declared to be stable. > > > > We are working on Dell PowerEdge 6300 (4 Pentium Xeon/550Mhz, 4GB RAM). > > Any kernel from 2.4.10 to 2.4.14 brings our machine to a hanging state. > > Nothing can be determined, I guess, something is wrong with memory > > management. Unfortunately there is no more information about the > > problem. > > I think you will need more information to get any type of sane reply. > > We are running 2.4.14 on a PE6400, quad 700/4G in a production environment. > It has been stable, VM works well, using ext2 due to problems with the ext3 > patch for that particular version of kernel. >
Do you mean the "cached" overflow (undeflow?) with ext3 applied? If so, this patch will fix it.
--- 2.4.14-ext3_0.9.15-2414/fs/jbd/transaction.c~ Wed Nov 7 22:41:13 2001 +++ 2.4.14-ext3_0.9.15-2414/fs/jbd/transaction.c Wed Nov 7 22:43:14 2001 @@ -1930,7 +1930,6 @@ if (!offset) { if (!may_free || !try_to_free_buffers(page, 0)) { - atomic_inc(&buffermem_pages); return 0; } J_ASSERT(page->buffers == NULL); Mike - 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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