Re: PROBLEM: ide hdma dma_timer_expiry

From: Stian B. Barmen
Date: Tue May 16 2006 - 18:34:49 EST


> Strange. The 2.6.16.4 -> 2.6.16.15 diff is at
> http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/2 and the diffstat is
> below. It's hard to see anything in there which would cause IDE IRQ
> handling to go bad every 24 hours or so.
>
Yes, I am running a evms/mdadm based raid 5 on 8 disks on two Promise
controllers. Is the md/dm under drivers in the list below related?

The:
drivers/md/dm-snap.c | 6
drivers/md/dm.c | 5

Part? :)

> /dev/hdi is on the Promise controller, yes?
>
Yes, the first of two identical controllers.

> VIA chipsets have been troublesome - it could be a problem in that area
> rather than in IDE.
>
> It'd be interesting to test 2.6.17-rc4, but I'm not sure what that'll tell
> us either way.
>
> Probably a better use of your time (if you have any) would be to search
> through 2.6.16.4 ... 2.6.16.15, see which version broke it.
>
Yes I know, but that is a lengthy process, and I run some
stable/unstable web services.

>
> Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware | 8
> Makefile | 2
> arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c | 17 +
> arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c | 8
> arch/alpha/lib/strncpy.S | 8
> arch/i386/kernel/apm.c | 2
> arch/i386/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 2
> arch/i386/kernel/vm86.c | 12 +
> arch/m32r/kernel/m32r_ksyms.c | 4
> arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c | 12 -
> arch/m32r/kernel/smpboot.c | 19 +
> arch/m32r/lib/Makefile | 4
> arch/m32r/lib/getuser.S | 88 --------
> arch/m32r/lib/putuser.S | 84 --------
> arch/mips/kernel/branch.c | 2
> arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c | 3
> arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | 10 -
> arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c | 2
> arch/x86_64/ia32/Makefile | 4
> arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S | 28 +-
> arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-gart.c | 4
> arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c | 8
> arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c | 4
> block/genhd.c | 103 +---------
> drivers/block/cciss.c | 96 ++++-----
> drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c | 8
> drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c | 5
> drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_bt_sm.c | 2
> drivers/char/snsc.c | 3
> drivers/char/sonypi.c | 3
> drivers/char/tipar.c | 2
> drivers/char/tlclk.c | 36 +--
> drivers/char/tty_io.c | 8
> drivers/edac/Kconfig | 2
> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c | 5
> drivers/i2c/chips/m41t00.c | 8
> drivers/ide/pci/alim15x3.c | 2
> drivers/macintosh/therm_adt746x.c | 4
> drivers/md/dm-snap.c | 6
> drivers/md/dm.c | 5
> drivers/md/kcopyd.c | 17 +
> drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/cxusb.c | 17 +
> drivers/media/video/saa7127.c | 1
> drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig | 17 -
> drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c | 1
> drivers/net/sky2.c | 4
> drivers/net/sky2.h | 1
> drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c | 8
> drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c | 3
> drivers/usb/serial/console.c | 2
> drivers/usb/serial/option.c | 4
> drivers/usb/storage/Kconfig | 3
> drivers/video/fbmem.c | 14 +
> fs/char_dev.c | 87 +-------
> fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c | 36 ++-
> fs/cifs/dir.c | 14 +
> fs/compat.c | 4
> fs/ext3/resize.c | 1
> fs/fuse/file.c | 8
> fs/locks.c | 9
> fs/open.c | 24 ++
> fs/partitions/check.c | 5
> fs/proc/base.c | 21 +-
> fs/proc/proc_misc.c | 161 +++-------------
> fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c | 5
> fs/smbfs/dir.c | 5
> fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c | 3
> include/asm-i386/cpufeature.h | 1
> include/asm-i386/i387.h | 30 ++-
> include/asm-i386/pgtable-2level.h | 3
> include/asm-i386/pgtable-3level.h | 20 ++
> include/asm-i386/pgtable.h | 4
> include/asm-m32r/smp.h | 3
> include/asm-m32r/uaccess.h | 266 +++++++++++----------------
> include/asm-mips/bitops.h | 14 +
> include/asm-mips/byteorder.h | 4
> include/asm-mips/interrupt.h | 8
> include/asm-mips/r4kcache.h | 2
> include/asm-x86_64/cpufeature.h | 1
> include/asm-x86_64/i387.h | 20 +-
> include/linux/cpumask.h | 1
> include/linux/fs.h | 15 -
> include/linux/mm.h | 5
> include/linux/page-flags.h | 8
> include/net/ip.h | 1
> include/net/sctp/structs.h | 1
> ipc/shm.c | 2
> ipc/util.c | 3
> kernel/auditsc.c | 5
> kernel/power/process.c | 3
> kernel/ptrace.c | 7
> kernel/signal.c | 5
> kernel/sys.c | 14 +
> kernel/uid16.c | 59 ++++-
> mm/madvise.c | 3
> mm/page_alloc.c | 31 +--
> net/atm/clip.c | 42 ++--
> net/bridge/br_netfilter.c | 13 +
> net/core/dev.c | 2
> net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 6
> net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c | 11 -
> net/ipv4/route.c | 5
> net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 4
> net/ipv6/exthdrs.c | 12 +
> net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c | 8
> net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c | 11 -
> net/sctp/inqueue.c | 1
> net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c | 57 ++++-
> net/sctp/sm_statetable.c | 10 -
> net/sctp/ulpqueue.c | 27 ++
> security/selinux/ss/mls.c | 2
> sound/oss/dmasound/tas_common.c | 4
> sound/ppc/daca.c | 2
> sound/ppc/tumbler.c | 2
> 114 files changed, 906 insertions(+), 960 deletions(-)
>

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