On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:09:31 -0700 "Dan Williams" <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > heheh. > > > > it's really easy to reproduce the hang without the patch -- i could > > hang the box in under 20 min on 2.6.22+ w/XFS and raid5 on 7x750GB. > > i'll try with ext3... Dan's experiences suggest it won't happen with ext3 > > (or is even more rare), which would explain why this has is overall a > > rare problem. > > > > Hmmm... how rare? > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119461747005776&w=2 > > There is nothing specific that prevents other filesystems from hitting > it, perhaps XFS is just better at submitting large i/o's. -stable > should get some kind of treatment. I'll take altered performance over > a hung system. We can always target 2.6.25-rc1 then 2.6.24.1 if Neil is still feeling wimpy. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
