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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:52:23 +0100 From: "Holger Hoffstaette" <holger@...ards.de> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.27 inotify causes unkillable processes with 100% CPU usage On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:05:12 +0000, Al Viro wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 01:31:29PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote: >> There appears to be a bug in 2.6.27 and inotify where it causes >> processes in running state to eat 100% CPU and they can't be killed with >> kill -9, requiring a reboot to get rid of them. > >> Kernels causing the hang: >> >> 2.6.27-9.slh.1-sidux-686 >> Arch Linux, kernel 2.6.27.8 >> Gentoo with 2.6.27-gentoo-r5, amd64, 2 dual core opterons >> >> Not causing the hang: >> >> 2.6.26-6.slh.1-sidux-686 > > Could you try to bisect that? Particulary interesting commits: Please see this posting, which also contains a pointer to the necessary patch: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0812.1/02305.html According to GregKH it will be in -stable.10, but in the meantime you can also apply the patch from http://tinyurl.com/5gpqkj on top stable .8 (which introduced the regression) or .9. At this point it is not clear whether the changes to inotify caused this or just fell victim to the parallel regression in idr. -h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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