On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Steve Lord wrote:
>
> Has anyone else seen a hang like this:
>
>   bdflush()
>     flush_dirty_buffers()
>       ll_rw_block()
>       submit_bh(buffer X)
>         generic_make_request()
>           __make_request()
>               create_bounce()
>                 alloc_bounce_page()
>                   alloc_page()
>                     try_to_free_pages()
>                       do_try_to_free_pages()
>                         page_launder()
>                           try_to_free_buffers( , 2)  -- i.e. wait for buffers
>                             sync_page_buffers()
>                               __wait_on_buffer(buffer X)

Should be fixed in 2.4.6-pre8 (or pre7, for that matter).

                Linus

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