Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:18:59 -0500 | Subject | Re: fsync02 test hangs 2.5.1-pre3 + patch | From | rwhron@earthlin ... |
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On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 11:12:22PM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote: > > This was on a reiserfs system, btw. > > Obvious tests: > a) 2.5.1-pre2
2.5.1-pre2 was fine.
> b) 2.5.1-pre2 + fs/super.c from 2.5.1-pre3 > c) 2.5.1-pre3 + fs/super.c from 2.5.1-pre2 > (fs/super.c changes are independent from everything else).
I'll try option c and let you know what happens.
> Another possibility is silent fs corruption from 2.5.0/2.4.15 - if you > ran these kernels you really ought to do fsck -f (or whatever is used > to force recovery of reiserfs).
I did have some nasty errors while running dbench around those kernel versions. To be safe, I did a cpio backup and re-mkreiserfs'd three filesystems with 2.4.16. The filesystem that fsync02 hung on was one of the recently rebuilt filesystems.
-- Randy Hron
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