From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750867AbWFXQag (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:30:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750884AbWFXQag (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:30:36 -0400 Received: from hegel.brightdsl.net ([66.219.128.245]:32150 "EHLO hegel.brightdsl.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750867AbWFXQag (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:30:36 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.17-...: looong writeouts From: Donald Parsons To: Kernel Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:30:29 -0400 Message-Id: <1151166629.4409.18.camel@danny.parsons.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-7) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I am seeing the same problem. I had only noticed it since I installed Opera-9.0 and thought it was Opera's problem. It even happened when I clicked to read this message at www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0606.3/0091.html to which I am replying. I had to wait for the disk access to end before the message link would display. Something serious has happened to Linux 2.6.17.1 It appears I installed both 2.6.17.1 and Opera-9.0 on June 20 and that is when the disk timeout was first noticed. (I compile and use most every git/rc kernel so if the problem is seen by people without Opera then it must have entered the kernel very close to 2.6.17.1) Next time I boot I will go back to 2.6.17 (Too bad I deleted earlier rc[567]-gits). Don