linux-kernel - Re: Updatedb hangs Kernel 2.6.22.9-cfs-v22

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Message-ID: <20080116171134.GA20063@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:41:34 +0530
From:	Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	"Renato S. Yamane" <renatoyamane@...dic.com.br>
Cc:	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: Updatedb hangs Kernel 2.6.22.9-cfs-v22

On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 02:40:53PM -0200, Renato S. Yamane wrote:
> Ray Lee escreveu:
>> On Jan 14, 2008 7:28 AM, Renato S. Yamane <renatoyamane@...dic.com.br> wrote:
>>> Ray Lee escreveu:
>>>> On Jan 12, 2008 10:03 AM, Renato S. Yamane wrote:
>>>>> I can't use updatedb in Debian Etch (stable) using customized Kernel
>>>>> 2.6.22.9-cfs-v22.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I ran updatedb, after ~1 minute my system hangs and "caps lock" LED
>>>>> is blinking. No log is registered.
>>>> Please switch out of X11 to a text mode console (CTRL-ALT-F1), and run
>>>> updatedb there. Capture the oops with a digital camera, and post a
>>>> link to the picture (not the picture itself!) to the list. Or, write
>>>> down the oops carefully, and post the text.
>>> I see a infinite loop and is very fast, so I can't capture errors messages.
>>> None is registered in /var/log/*
>>
>> Well, that's very odd. Please also try the latest CFS backport to see
>> if that solves the problem.
>
> This problem still occour in 2.6.23.13 with CFS 24.1
> I see a part of error message: Is something about ipw2200.
> I need find a Camera with good focus, because my cam is not so good to take 
> a picture in distance <=20cm.
>

Please see if you can reproduce it without the CFS backport.

[Please keep Ingo Molnar in the cc for CFS bugs, he is the maintainer.]

-- 
regards,
Dhaval
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