linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-cachefs] 3.0.3 64-bit Crash running fscache/cachefilesd

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Message-ID: <26471.1318847951@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:39:11 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Mark Moseley <moseleymark@...il.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com,
	Linux filesystem caching discussion list 
	<linux-cachefs@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-cachefs] 3.0.3 64-bit Crash running fscache/cachefilesd

Mark Moseley <moseleymark@...il.com> wrote:

> Presumably it gets to bcull and stops storing but nothing's getting
> pruned. I can see cachefilesd is in constant activity right now.
> Looking at strace, maybe it can't find anything to prune because it
> thinks it's all active. I'm seeing a constant loop that looks similar
> to this:

Yeah...  The culling algorithm needs overhauling.  I have most of a patch to
do that, but I wanted to fix the bugs in the existing code before throwing a
new set over the top.

David
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