Re: [Bug #13232] ext3/4 with synchronous writes gets wedged byPostfix

[David Watson]

On Mon 18 May 2009, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 10:06:04PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13232
> > Subject		: ext3/4 with synchronous writes gets wedged by Postfix
> > Submitter	: David Watson <kernel-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date		: 2009-05-03 19:46 (14 days old)
> 
> This turned out to be caused by change in the VFS, as documented in
> the bug report.  Al Viro has a patch, which I've reviewed.
> 
> David, would you be able to try testing Al's proposed patch, since you
> have an easy reproduction case?  Thanks,

Yes, it fixes the problem for me on 2.6.30-rc6-git3 and 2.6.29.4-rc1.
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