Hi,
> > I've got a machine which occasionally locks up. I can still sysrq it from > > a serial console, so it's not entirely dead. > > > > A sysrq-t learns me that it's got a large number of httpd processes stuck > > in D state : > > There are known deadlocks in generic_file_write() in kernels up to and > including 2.6.17. Pagefaults are involved and I'd need to see the entire > sysrq-T output to determine if you're hitting that bug. It's rather large, but for those who want to look at it : http://www.jdi-ict.nl/plain/serial-28112006.txt There is also a dump from a day later, but halfway the Areca controller decided to kick out the array, on which a lot of unwritten data needed to be written :) That dump is at http://www.jdi-ict.nl/plain/serial-29112006.txt Regards, Igmar - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/