Messages in this thread Patch in this message | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:10:05 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: ext[23]/lilo/2.5.{68,69,70} -- blkdev_put() problem? |
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Andy Pfiffer <andyp@osdl.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 10:53, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Andy Pfiffer <andyp@osdl.org> wrote: > > > > > > Dirty: 0 kB Dirty: 4 kB <--- > > > > OK. And are you using initrd as well? > > It is specified in lilo.conf (SuSE 8.0 distro) but I don't see any > reason to keep it. I'll yank it and see if it makes a difference. >
That would be interesting.
Also, what about this shot in the dark?
--- 25/fs/fs-writeback.c~a 2003-06-12 11:08:34.000000000 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/fs/fs-writeback.c 2003-06-12 11:08:39.000000000 -0700 @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block * }; get_page_state(&ps); - wbc.nr_to_write = ps.nr_dirty + ps.nr_unstable + + wbc.nr_to_write = ps.nr_dirty + ps.nr_unstable + 1024 + (ps.nr_dirty + ps.nr_unstable) / 4; spin_lock(&inode_lock); sync_sb_inodes(sb, &wbc); _
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