linux-kernel - Re: Kernel NFS lockd freezes notebook on shutdown (Linux 2.6.22-rc1 + CFS v12)

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Date:	Sun, 20 May 2007 13:01:49 -0400
From:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:	zilvinas@...ibox.com
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel NFS lockd freezes notebook on shutdown (Linux 2.6.22-rc1 + CFS v12)

On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 01:37:13PM +0300, zilvinas@...ibox.com wrote:
> Hello Oleg,
> 
> I've done some more tests and quite frankly I think this is really related 
> to the dreaded ''fglrx.ko'' module. It seems to me that it is much easier 
> to reproduce the problem if that damn module is loaded. It does uses 
> workqueue. Then there is another driver ipw3945 loaded and it is required 
> to run binary only ''ipw3945d'' daemon just to start using wireless driver 
> ...
> 
> In either way both these kernel modules are workqueue users.

Have you ever been able to reproduce the problem on a kernel that never
had those modules loaded?

--b.
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