From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757631AbWKXJlL (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:41:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757661AbWKXJlL (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:41:11 -0500 Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.200]:56005 "EHLO nz-out-0102.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757643AbWKXJlJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:41:09 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=R23lKazIWanQbg5BPUYOdRbIWoagaYxriAEobwYAFN0A1cnhM+D2OZAAuOkIY7MRIiUskB7s/vvSx8TzqOKYrqaubFeUKYECHaxmKtnLvO+YnkUPIXHB4VQeF+vYgCPO38h4afjBxytdL2X+/Cq33zCaKMSIac2HIBr9v7fiKio= Message-ID: <9a8748490611240141o4d285317h3c1e2110f515e141@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:41:08 +0100 From: "Jesper Juhl" To: "Jens Axboe" Subject: Re: Simple script that locks up my box with recent kernels Cc: "Linus Torvalds" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" , "Andrew Morton" In-Reply-To: <20061124065209.GX4999@kernel.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9a8748490610161545i309c416aja4f39edef8ea04e2@mail.gmail.com> <9a8748490611220304y5fc1b90ande7aec9a2e2b4997@mail.gmail.com> <20061122110740.GA8055@kernel.dk> <200611240052.13719.jesper.juhl@gmail.com> <20061124065209.GX4999@kernel.dk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 24/11/06, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Fri, Nov 24 2006, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > Does the box survive io intensive workloads? > > > > It seems to. It does get sluggish as hell when there is lots of disk I/O but > > it seems to be able to survive. > > I'll try some more, with some IO benchmarks + various other stuff to see > > if I can get it to die that way. > > Just wondering if you have a marginal powersupply, perhaps. > It is a possibility, but I doubt it, since if I use a 2.6.17.x kernel then things are rock solid and I can't cause a lockup even if I leave my box building kernels in the background for days. > > > Have you tried using net or > > > serial console to see if it spits out any info before it crashes? > > > > Lacking a second box at the moment, so that's not an option currently :( > > It's likely a requirement to get any further with this issue, I'm > afraid. Nobody can debug this thing blind folded. > I'll see if I can get my hands on a second box. -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html