From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 27 May 2001 04:14:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 27 May 2001 04:14:28 -0400 Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net ([206.13.28.240]:5765 "EHLO mta6.snfc21.pbi.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 27 May 2001 04:14:08 -0400 Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 01:13:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Rankin Subject: Re: Linux-2.4.5 and Reiserfs, oops! In-Reply-To: To: viro@math.psu.edu (Alexander Viro) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <200105270813.f4R8DtF06292@wellhouse.underworld> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I have now reproduced the lockup in 2.4.4, having passed the additional boot parameters "nmi_watchdog=1 noapic". To be more specific, it happens when switching from a vc running a text console to the vc running X. I'm thinking that maybe the umount NFS is a coincidence / red herring. Chris My video card is a Matrox G400 AGP 32MB with TV-OUT, and I'm not using the frame buffer driver. > On Sat, 26 May 2001, Chris Rankin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for the patch; I successfully unmounted my reiserfs USB Zip 250 > > MB disc. However, the box then locked up hard when I unmounted an NFS > > mount and tried to switch to another virtual console. > > That's... interesting. With that patch changes to fs/super.c should make > no difference whatsoever. > > OK, can you reproduce NFS lockup on 2.4.5-pre5 (without that patch) > and on 2.4.5-pre3 (ditto)? > > There were NFS changes in -pre4 and -pre5 and umount ones in -pre6. The > latter need the patch I've posted, so vanilla -pre5 and -pre3 are the > first candidates for checking. >