Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: -rc3 regression (was Re: 2.6.25-rc2 + smartd = hang ) | Date | Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:57:01 +0100 | From | Anders Eriksson <> |
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bzolnier@gmail.com said: >> On Tuesday 04 March 2008, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: >> Untested patch which may help in case that set_pio_mode() raced with >> the queueing of the special request and block layer doesn't call >> ->request_fn_proc again if we were preempted previously (if PREEMPT=y).
> I need some sleep... this patch is not going to help (though disabling > PREEMPT may be worth a try). Sorry for the confusion.
Ok, I'll drop the patch and, recompile without PREEMPT.
bzolnier@gmail.com said: > If the patch doesn't help could you try removing smartd from system startup > and see if it could be run later from the command line?
That's how I executed during the bisect. It works as a charm without smartd. The moment I run it, boink, the first accessed hd freezed up. The other ones are usable for a while, though the system tend to lock solid after a while.
/A
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