Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Aug 1999 20:44:39 +0100 (BST) | From | Mike <> | Subject | Re: fsck and 2.3.12 oddity |
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On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Matthew Kirkwood wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Mike wrote: > > > Everything works fine unless /dev/sda6 wasn't cleanly unmounted, when > > fsck hangs. It has to be sda6 - all other filesystems (ide and scsi) > > fsck works fine. The same happens in 2.3.10, but 2.3.5 is fine. > > What hangs? The kernel or fsck? > > And what do you mean by "hang"? > Looks like its the kernel. I can still switch ttys, ctrl-scroll lock etc, but nothing else. Ctrl-Alt-SysRq-S prints Emergency Sync, but doesn't actually do it. Ctrl-Alt-SysRq-B works.
> > If there's anything else that might help, it can be provided. > > Try a Ctrl-Scroll lock and see what it's up to. Is it in the > "D" state? > According to Ctrl-Scroll lock it is in state R, but whether that is reliable given that the kernel has died I'm not sure.
> Is sda6 you root partition? Is there any swap available when > it dies? > sda6 is /home. It only dies if there is no swap.
> Someone has reported a potential deadlock when no swap is available, > and this sounds just the thing to trigger it. > Yes. That looks like it. I'll try Kevin Buhr's patch and see if that helps.
Thanks
-- Mike <rickettm@ox.compsoc.net>
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