Re: regression with poll(2)

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Tue Aug 21 2012 - 03:11:08 EST


On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 09:54:59AM -0700, Sage Weil wrote:
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > > I've retested several times and confirmed that this change leads to the
> > > breakage, and also confirmed that reverting it on top of -rc1 also fixes
> > > the problem.
> > >
> > > I've also added some additional instrumentation to my code and confirmed
> > > that the process is blocking on poll(2) while netstat is reporting
> > > data available on the socket.
> > >
> > > What can I do to help track this down?
> > >
> >
> > Can the following patch be tested please? It is reported to fix an fio
> > regression that may be similar to what you are experiencing but has not
> > been picked up yet.
>
> This patch appears to resolve things for me as well, at least after a
> couple of passes. I'll let you know if I see any further problems come up
> with more testing.
>

Thanks very much Sage.

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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