linux-kernel - Re: [next-20101038] Call trace in ext4

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Date:	Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:17:18 +0200
From:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...glemail.com>
To:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, sedat.dilek@...il.com,
	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Avinash Kurup <kurup.avinash@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [next-20101038] Call trace in ext4

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:02:14PM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>>
>> I could copy a complete linux-2.6 GIT tree within my $HOME/src, looks good.
>
> Excellent; and attempts to do this before resulted on the BUG_ON
> tripping?  If so, that's certainly a good sign!
>
>>
>> Any other test-case you can suggest to be sure things work as expected, now?
>
> Well, given that I haven't been able to replicate myself, no, not
> really.
>
> I am curious about your setup.  How much memory do you have on your
> system, and how much free memory did you have before running the copy?
> (i.e, what does the "free" command display)?
>

This is an IBM T40p with Pentium-M (Banias) 1.7GHz and 1GByte RAM, 60GByte HDD.

Before I run the copy command, I have open 2 KDE konsoles, 1x Quassel
IRC-client, 1x Firefox with 5 open tabs.

# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1033796    1005812      27984          0      61400     617252
-/+ buffers/cache:     327160     706636
Swap:      1052244          0    1052244

While copying (a list with invoking x-timesl free command is attached)...

# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1033796    1017332      16464          0      66144     630488
-/+ buffers/cache:     320700     713096
Swap:      1052244          0    1052244


>> BTW, feel free to add:
>>
>>       Reported-andtested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
>
> I'll certainly give you credit (as well as to the other people who
> reported the problem).
>

Of course, Linus wrote in one 2.6.36-rcX announce that maintainers
forgot about that.
But I saw people on LKML adding a "Feel free to add...", so I follow
the etiquette.

> Thanks again!!
>
>                                                - Ted
>

I have to thank for the fast replies and patch.

- Sedat -

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