Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 04 Apr 2001 12:56:56 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: mysqld [3.2.23] hangs when key_buffer ~256MB on [2.4.2-ac28+] |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > I initially upgraded my kernel from 2.4.2-ac5 to 2.4.3 and the first thing I > > noticed was that mysqld was stuck. Killing it left it hanging in a D state. > > Then I tried 2.4.2-ac28 (which I am using now), and the got the same result. > > I'd expect that bit. 2.4.2-ac28 basically has the same new rwlock VM and > behaviour as 2.4.3pre8. What would be really useful to know is if anyone can > duplicate the problem non x86 > > > Can anyone reproduce this problem? > > Yes
Untested patch:
--- semaphore.c.orig Wed Apr 4 12:54:30 2001 +++ semaphore.c Wed Apr 4 12:54:58 2001 @@ -363,26 +363,26 @@ */ struct rw_semaphore *down_write_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem) { struct task_struct *tsk = current; DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, tsk); __up_write(sem); /* this takes care of granting the lock */ - add_wait_queue_exclusive(&sem->wait, &wait); + add_wait_queue_exclusive(&sem->write_bias_wait, &wait); while (atomic_read(&sem->count) < 0) { set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); if (atomic_read(&sem->count) >= 0) break; /* we must attempt to acquire or bias the lock */ schedule(); } - remove_wait_queue(&sem->wait, &wait); + remove_wait_queue(&sem->write_bias_wait, &wait); tsk->state = TASK_RUNNING; return sem; } asm( " .align 4 - 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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