linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24 Kernel Soft Lock Up with heavy I/O in dm-crypt

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Message-ID: <20080603231339.GA5995@yantp.cn.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Jun 2008 07:13:39 +0800
From:	Yan Li <elliot.li.tech@...il.com>
To:	Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@...earchut.com>
Cc:	Yan Li <elliot.li.tech@...il.com>, Milan Broz <mbroz@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christophe Saout <christophe@...ut.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dm-devel@...hat.com,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, rjmaomao@...il.com,
	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>, dm-crypt@...ut.de
Subject: Re: 2.6.24 Kernel Soft Lock Up with heavy I/O in dm-crypt

On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 01:16:30AM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> Following is the bugzilla that was opened against this problem.
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10378
> 
> Since I wasn't able to reproduce it on a server machine again, it was later
> closed.
> 
> If you think it is the same issue, please feel free to re-open it.

I think they are not the same. My problem lied in the slow crypto
computation under heavy I/O. I'm testing Milan Broz's patch, till now
it seems has solved my problem.

-- 
Li, Yan
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