On Thu, Apr 19 2007, Jens Axboe wrote: > > I tried fio (1.15) with this job file and did not get the possible > > circular locking dependency detected > > Perhaps some of the preempt settings? The box is an emc centera, it's a > lowly p4/ht.
As I mentioned, the rootfs is on reiser. So something in the boot up scripts may trigger something that gets reiser to run through that path with the wrong locking order. After the box is done booting, the dmesg is clean. I then mount the ext3 fs and run the fio test, the lockdep trace shows up immediately. The distro is SLES9. -- Jens Axboe - 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/