Seems I have a case of a largish i386 NUMA (NUMA-Q) which has a mkfs stuck in a 'D' wait:
======================= mkfs.ext2 D c10220f4 0 6233 6222 c344fc80 00000082 00000286 c10220f4 c344fc90 002ed099 c2963340 c2b9f640 c142bce0 c2b9f640 c344fc90 002ed099 c344fcfc c344fcc0 c1219563 c1109bf2 c344fcc4 c186e4d4 c186e4d4 002ed099 c1022612 c2b9f640 c186e000 c104000c Call Trace: [<c10220f4>] lock_timer_base+0x19/0x35 [<c1219563>] schedule_timeout+0x70/0x8d [<c1109bf2>] prop_fraction_single+0x37/0x5d [<c1022612>] process_timeout+0x0/0x5 [<c104000c>] task_dirty_limit+0x3a/0xb5 [<c12194da>] io_schedule_timeout+0x1e/0x28 [<c10454b4>] congestion_wait+0x62/0x7a [<c102b021>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x33 [<c10402af>] get_dirty_limits+0x16a/0x172 [<c102b021>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x33 [<c104040b>] balance_dirty_pages+0x154/0x1be [<c103bda3>] generic_perform_write+0x168/0x18a [<c103be38>] generic_file_buffered_write+0x73/0x107 [<c103c346>] __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x47a/0x4a5 [<c11b0fef>] do_sock_write+0x92/0x99 [<c11b1048>] sock_aio_write+0x52/0x5e [<c103c3b9>] generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x48/0x9b [<c105d2d6>] do_sync_write+0xbf/0xfc [<c102b021>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x33 [<c1010311>] do_page_fault+0x2cc/0x739 [<c105d3a0>] vfs_write+0x8d/0x108 [<c105d4c3>] sys_write+0x41/0x67 [<c100260a>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb ======================= This machine and others have run numerous test runs on this kernel and this is the first time I've see a hang like this. I wonder if this is the ultimate cause of the couple of mainline hangs which were seen, but not diagnosed. -apw - 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/