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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:05:16 -0500 From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de> To: Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com> Cc: linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [BUG] fatal hang untarring 90GB file, possibly writeback related. On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 12:50 -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > To test the theory, Chris asked me to try with data=ordered. > Unfortunately, the deadlock still shows up. This is what I get. As another data point: I'm trying the same kernel with CONFIG_PREEMPT enabled. This time the deadlock doesn't happen. Instead, kswapd0 gets pegged at 99% CPU for much of the untar, but it does eventually complete. James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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