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Date:	Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:19:06 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.20 kernel hang with USB drive and vfat doing ftruncate

Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org> writes:

>>> I usually run the following twice to get the hang state:
>>>
>>> time ./trunc_test bar 100000000 &
>>> time ./trunc_test baz 100000000 &
>>>
>>> I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on what to poke at next
>>> to try and figure out what is going on.
>>
>> Can you check /sys/block/xxx/stat or something to make sure there is
>> no outstanding IO request?
>>
>> It seems to be no response from the lower layer...
>
> Once the system locks up I dont have any ability to do anything.

Ah, doesn't sysrq also work? If sysrq work, it can use to see IO
request state with a patch.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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