Re: PROBLEM: 2.4.36.1 hangs.

[Pascal Hambourg]

Hello,

Willy Tarreau wrote :
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 03:08:30PM +0100, Unknown wrote:
>
> > 2) 2.4.36.1 hangs during compilation of lighttpd-1.4.18.
> >   It is probably during ext2_readdir() but I cannot confirm that..
> >   Currently it only happens during compilation of lighttpd-1.4.18, always
> >   in the same place. [...]

I experience the same problem when executing "ls /etc".

> OK, could you please try to revert the attached patch (patch -Rp1) to see if
> this fixes the problem for you ? Please keep Dann and me in CC as it's not
> easy to spot 2.4-related threads on LKML these days!
>
> ----
>
> commit c30306fb287323591c854a0982d9fa5351859b45
> Author: dann frazier <dannf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Mon Jan 21 17:13:06 2008 -0700
>
>     ext2_readdir() filp->f_pos fix

The patch didn't revert cleanly because of the two subsequent 
ext2-related patches, so I had to revert the three of them. It fixed the 
problem. Then I applied only the "ext2_readdir() filp->f_pos fix" patch 
again and the problem came back. HTH.
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