Am Montag, 7. Januar 2008 21:44:35 schrieb Pete Zaitcev:
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:51:39 +0100, Oliver Neukum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am using my usb flash stick as a swap space. If I use a few hundred mb
> > I get a hang in about 30% of the tests. Can anybody replicate this result?
>
> Does ub work? :-)
I must admit that testing ub didn't occur to me. I will do so tomorrow. Ub
does not use a kernel thread, does it?
> Seriously though, it's a long-standing problem. Someone with the knowledge
> of VM has to look at it.
I'll try an old patch of mine that propagates PF_MEMALLOC and see whether
it helps. And I could kick myself that I didn't think of using it as a swap
device to replicate the hang before.
Regards
Oliver
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