From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261404AbVEHHJn (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 May 2005 03:09:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262819AbVEHHJY (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 May 2005 03:09:24 -0400 Received: from [192.171.113.101] ([192.171.113.101]:30609 "EHLO fir.nerdvana.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261404AbVEHHJU (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 May 2005 03:09:20 -0400 Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Reiserfs stall 2.6.10-bk7 up through 2.6.12-rc3 From: George Ronkin To: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1115428405.2233.65.camel@fir.nerdvana.com> References: <1115428405.2233.65.camel@fir.nerdvana.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 00:09:08 -0700 Message-Id: <1115536148.9660.17.camel@fir.nerdvana.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 18:13 -0700, George Ronkin wrote: > ... one of my machines now stalls > attempting to access the reiserfs file system used as that server's > spool... This problem did not occur before 2.6.10-bk7. That and all subsequent > kernels I've tried (Debian 2.6.11, stock 2.6.12-rc3, and 2.6.12-rc3-mm3) > cause the problem, consistently and repeatably. As does 2.6.12-rc4. The unusual 1K block size I used for this reiserfs seems to have exposed the problem; all my other reiserfs use 4K and have no problem. I copied its contents to a new reiserfs I created with 4K blocks and the later kernels work fine with the copy. I also tried turning off CONFIG_QUOTA on 2.6.12-rc4 - that worked with the 1K block reiserfs as well. I'm keeping the 4K block copy, since that works with QUOTA, and turning QUOTA off affects non-reiserfs fs as well. Note also: - The 1K block fs caused the problem even though no quota mount options were set. - All my reiserfs are devmapped, so I don't know if the problem occurs without it on a physical partition, or whether the symptoms would differ. HTH, -- George Ronkin