linux-ext4 - [Bug 43305] Deleting a folder with 500 000 small files causes deadlock in start_this

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Message-Id: <20120529154316.B5D3E11FD19@bugzilla.kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 29 May 2012 15:43:16 +0000 (UTC)
From:	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [Bug 43305] Deleting a folder with 500 000 small files causes
 deadlock in start_this_handle.irsa.7

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43305





--- Comment #3 from Aigars Mahinovs <aigarius@...il.com>  2012-05-29 15:43:16 ---
I reproduced the problem like this (in an empty folder):

for i in {0..500000}; do echo 1234567890 > $i; done;
ls | xargs -n 100 -P 100 rm

Got the lock-up on the third try.

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