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Subject: Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when
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From: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
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On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 11:31 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

> But none of this explains a 20-minute hang, unless a *lot* of fsyncs are
> being performed, perhaps.

Yes.  I need to do a lot more testing.  All I see is one, and it's game
over.  Bizarre.

	-Mike