On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 08:09, Dave Jones wrote: > I think we've got a handle on this. On a "low" memory box (128/256mb or > so), it's easy to reproduce. updatedb cron.daily job never runs to > completion for me. Yep, I have 256mb. > It's the ext3 block reservation patch that's the culprit. (The details > are pretty icky) There's been a number of fixes to that in the last > few days, so hopefully we'll see resolution on it real soon. Glad you found it. Look at my diff between the two kernels was educational, but I still haven't reached the ext3 changes yet. But I guess that is why you guys get paid ;). josh
