linux-kernel - Re: Simple script that locks up my box with recent kernels

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Message-ID: <20061124065209.GX4999@kernel.dk>
Date:	Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:52:09 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: Simple script that locks up my box with recent kernels

On Fri, Nov 24 2006, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > Does the box survive io intensive workloads? 
> 
> It seems to. It does get sluggish as hell when there is lots of disk I/O but
> it seems to be able to survive.  
> I'll try some more, with some IO benchmarks + various other stuff to see 
> if I can get it to die that way.

Just wondering if you have a marginal powersupply, perhaps.

> > Have you tried using net or 
> > serial console to see if it spits out any info before it crashes?
> 
> Lacking a second box at the moment, so that's not an option currently :(

It's likely a requirement to get any further with this issue, I'm
afraid. Nobody can debug this thing blind folded.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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