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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0703170022200.23117@yvahk01.tjqt.qr> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:23:32 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de> To: Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com> cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc4 On Mar 16 2007 19:55, Michal Piotrowski wrote: >> > I've got *bad* news. Bug described here >> > http: //www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0703.0/index.html#0889 >> > http: //www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0703.0/index.html#1165 >> > probably leaked into mainline. >> > >> > Fsck! >> >> fsck indeed. I don't even understand what's happening with that one - it >> seems like the kernel schedules a user process, but never deschedules it >> again. >> > > Tomorrow, I'll try to find out how to reproduce this bug. >From #0889: "I have noticed some strange system behavior. When i try to build a kernel (medium load) - X, keyboard, mouse and sound hangs." Note that ping is handled in interrupt or softirq context. So something has locked up. Try without X? Or perhaps attack a serial console/netconsole, and when it hangs, use Sysrq to dump the process' states. Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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