Re: 2.1.115 umount SMP-returns/UP-hangs

Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 16:24:09 +0300

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MH> I've noticed that on 2.1.115 umount of any of my local ext2 file systems
MH> hangs in a UniProcessor built kernel, but succeeds in an SMP built kernel
MH> (on a UniProcessor system). By hang, I mean the umount command never
MH> completes - the system is still functional An strace indicates umount()
MH> never returns.
[...]
MH> It may be that I haven't upgraded everything I need to. I upgraded almost
MH> everything except for the NFS related stuff - I am running NFS related
MH> daemons. But I'm not actually using NFS. I have the latest mount utils
MH> and libraries.

Any chance that you are running amd and it is in D state?

-- Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)

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