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Date:	Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:12:04 +0100
From:	Pascal Hambourg <pascal.mail@...uf.fr.eu.org>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
CC:	Unknown <borg@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dann frazier <dannf@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: 2.4.36.1 hangs.

Hello,

Willy Tarreau wrote :
> 
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 03:08:30PM +0100, Unknown wrote:
> 
>>2) 2.4.36.1 hangs during compilation of lighttpd-1.4.18.
>>   It is probably during ext2_readdir() but I cannot confirm that..
>>   Currently it only happens during compilation of lighttpd-1.4.18, always
>>   in the same place. [...]

I experience the same problem when executing "ls /etc".

> OK, could you please try to revert the attached patch (patch -Rp1) to see if
> this fixes the problem for you ? Please keep Dann and me in CC as it's not
> easy to spot 2.4-related threads on LKML these days!
> 
> ----
> 
> commit c30306fb287323591c854a0982d9fa5351859b45
> Author: dann frazier <dannf@...ian.org>
> Date:   Mon Jan 21 17:13:06 2008 -0700
> 
>     ext2_readdir() filp->f_pos fix

The patch didn't revert cleanly because of the two subsequent 
ext2-related patches, so I had to revert the three of them. It fixed the 
problem. Then I applied only the "ext2_readdir() filp->f_pos fix" patch 
again and the problem came back. HTH.
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