Re: Problem with inotify

From: Anton Altaparmakov
Date: Thu Jun 30 2005 - 15:49:14 EST


Hi,

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, David [utf-8] Gómez wrote:
> On Jun 30 at 02:29:48, Robert Love wrote:
> > > I just patched 2.6.12 kernel with the inotify latest patch
> > > (inotify-0.23-rml-2.6.12-14.patch). Inotify is working ok with the test program
> > > provided in inotify-utils but... I can no longer mount my IDE cdrom devices
> > > :(. Each time i try to mount a disc, the mount proccess get stuck in D state. I
> > > don't see what's the relation between inotify and IDE devices, but if i switch
> > > back to the unpatched 2.6.12, mounting works again.
> >
> > Very weird.
> >
> > Did everything work with an earlier inotify?
> >
> > Does wchan show anything useful (ps -ewo user,pid,command,wchan)?
>
> I tested it again, wchan says "inode_wait"...

Do you have any ntfs volumes mounted by any chance?

Best regards,

Anton
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