Re: 2.6.14-rc2-mm1 - ext3 wedging up

[Dave Kleikamp]

On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 12:27 +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 07:27:04PM -0500, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> > I tracked down my problem to a bug in jfs.  jfs is explicitly setting
> 
> Ok great this explain things, so perhaps my last hack attempt of not
> accounting the unstable pages in the "nr_reclaimable" isn't needed.

Maybe it is.  I just retested the fixed jfs on 2.6.14-rc2-mm1, and I
still see the hang.  I can probably debug it further on Monday if
necessary.

> What about Valids, were you using jfs too along with ext3? If a single
> fs has a bug the loop can happen (it could happen in mainline too,
> except it was less likely to be visible there).
> 
> Note Valids, your smtp server bounces back my emails.
> 
-- 
David Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center

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