(resending for wider audience) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:03:51 -0800 To: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:11:23 -0800 Randy Dunlap wrote: > Hi, > > (2.6.20-rc4, x86_64 1-proc on SMP kernel, 1 GB RAM) > > I'm running fsx-linux (akpm ext3-tools version) on an ext3 fs > with data=journal and fs blocksize=2048. I've been trying to > get some kind of kernel messages from it but I can't get any > debug IO done successfully. > > It has hung on me 3 times in a row today. I'm using this command: > fsx-linux -l 100M -N 50000 -S 0 fsxtestfile > > This is run in a new partition on a IDE drive (/dev/hda7, > using legacy IDE drivers). > > Any suggestions for debug output? I can see SysRq output on-screen > (sometimes) but it doesn't make it to my serial console. > > Any patches to test? :) More notes: Fails (hangs) with fs blocksize of 1024, 2048, or 4096. On data=journal mode hangs. writeback and ordered run fine. After several runs (hangs), I was able to get some sysrq output to the serial console. kernel config: http://oss.oracle.com/~rdunlap/configs/config-2620-rc4-hangs message log: http://oss.oracle.com/~rdunlap/logs/fsx-capture.txt Can anyone see what fsx-linux is waiting on there? Thanks, --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html