On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > [.. the next function call in read_cache_page() is lock_page(), which we
> > hang forever on ..]
>
> lock_page() will sleep until the page is unlocked. The page is unlocked
> from end_buffer_io_sync(), which is called from within the context of
> the disk device driver's interrupt handler.
Okay, I'll track it down there. Probably the driver not calling
end_buffer_io_sync() when timed out. When the bad drive is detached,
things work fine - leading me to believe that hardware and interrupt
routing wise things are okay.
Thanks!
- Matt
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