Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 05 Nov 2002 16:37:47 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.20-rc1 - hang with processes stuck in D |
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Jeff Dike wrote: > > 2.4.20-rc1 reliably gets processes stuck in D, eventually wedging the whole > system. This is by diffing two kernel pools, one of which has 9 138764288 > byte core files. > > The diff itself is stuck in __wait_on_buffer: > > Trace; c0131608 <__wait_on_buffer+68/90>
Kernel is waiting for IO completion on a read. I would be suspecting your IO system, or interrupt system.
Reverting your ide/scsi/whatever drivers to the last-known-to-work version would be interesting. - 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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