Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > 1) Initialize a device using dm-crypt and LUKS > 2) Create a filesystem on top of it and mount it. > 3) Write huge amount of data (as a normal user). Something like 150GB. > > As the load goes hight (to something like 12-14), the kernel lock-up is logged > into dmesg. > At that moment, the OS is barely responsive. > > Please could you try to reproduce it with this patch applied? (patch for 2.6.25-rc3, for 2.6.24 will follow - code changed here) Milan mbroz@xxxxxxxxxx -- Add cond_resched() to prevent stuck in big bio processing. Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-crypt.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c index b04f98d..2032228 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c @@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ static int crypt_convert(struct crypt_config *cc, /* fall through*/ case 0: ctx->sector++; + cond_resched(); continue; } --------------------------------------------------------------------- dm-crypt mailing list - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx
