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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:59:32 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Greg Donald" <gdonald@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: INFO: task reiserfs/0:1322 blocked for more than 120 seconds

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> writes:
>
> Seems that about 100% of the reports we get of this warning triggering
> are sys_sync, transaction commit, etc.

And NFS -- i just had the kernel log on one of my nfsroot test systems
flooded recently with them when the ethernet cable was disconnected
for some time and nfs blocked.  Scared me first, but then after
analysis didn't seem very useful. I imagine it would scare normal
users far more.

-Andi
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