Re: [patch 2.4] Fix ext3 scheduling storm and lockup

[Norman Schmidt <norman.schmidt@ratnet.stw.uni-erlangen.de>]

Hi Andrew!

Andrew Morton schrieb:
> This patch fixes an inefficiency and potential system lockup in the 2.4
> kernel's ext3 filesystem.  The problem has been present since 2.4.20-pre5. 
> This patch is applicable to 2.4.20.  A copy is at
>
> http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/2.4/2.4.20/ext3-scheduling-storm.patch
Which of the patches available on the above URL should be patched into a 
2.4.20 kernel anyway? All of them? I just did the three mentioned on 
http://www.zipworld.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ ; perhaps you should update 
the doc a little bit?

Thanks, Norman Schmidt.
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