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Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:15:08 -0400
From:	"Ryan Hope" <rmh3093@...il.com>
To:	linux-mm@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [BUG] Lockless patches cause hardlock under heavy IO

I applied the following patches from 2.6-26-rc5-mm3 to 2.6.26-rc6 and
they caused a hardlock under heavy IO:

x86-implement-pte_special.patch
mm-introduce-get_user_pages_fast.patch
mm-introduce-get_user_pages_fast-fix.patch
mm-introduce-get_user_pages_fast-checkpatch-fixes.patch
x86-lockless-get_user_pages_fast.patch
x86-lockless-get_user_pages_fast-checkpatch-fixes.patch
x86-lockless-get_user_pages_fast-fix.patch
x86-lockless-get_user_pages_fast-fix-2.patch
x86-lockless-get_user_pages_fast-fix-2-fix-fix.patch
x86-lockless-get_user_pages_fast-fix-warning.patch
dio-use-get_user_pages_fast.patch
splice-use-get_user_pages_fast.patch
x86-support-1gb-hugepages-with-get_user_pages_lockless.patch
#
mm-readahead-scan-lockless.patch
radix-tree-add-gang_lookup_slot-gang_lookup_slot_tag.patch
#mm-speculative-page-references.patch: clameter saw bustage
mm-speculative-page-references.patch
mm-speculative-page-references-fix.patch
mm-speculative-page-references-fix-fix.patch
mm-speculative-page-references-hugh-fix3.patch
mm-lockless-pagecache.patch
mm-spinlock-tree_lock.patch
powerpc-implement-pte_special.patch

I am on an x86_64. I dont know what other info you need...

-Ryan
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