linux-kernel - Re: pdflush stuck in D state with v2.6.24-rc1-192-gef49c32

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Date:	Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:43:27 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Thomas <gimpel@...nenkinder.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: pdflush stuck in D state with v2.6.24-rc1-192-gef49c32

Florin Iucha <florin <at> iucha.net> writes:

> > It's really curious - I tried your .config and commands, and still
> > could not trigger the high iowait. I'm running 64bit Intel Core 2,
> > and kernel 2.6.24-rc1-git6 with the above patch.
> 
> Curious but 100% reproducible, at least on my box.  What I'm going to
> try is booting into the kernel with your patch and just doing the find
> / md5sum.  It would be really interesting if the read-only access
> triggers it.
> 
> florin
> 

I can confirm this issue too on any .24-rc. I'm also using reiserfs on a LVM.

And there is one more user on Gentoo forums having the same issue.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-612959.html

So you are not alone, florian.

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