I have a problem here. To eliminate other -mm things I tested bare git+ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.22.git as of 15 minutes ago and the problem is there too.
The machine is x86_64 running FC6. The config is based on RH's own FC6 config and it's at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/config-akpm2.txt Symptoms are that networking-related initscripts take a looooong time. statd and cups take maybe a minute and when it gets to starting sendmail, things appear to hang permanently - I hit the switch after a few minutes. A sysrq-T was taken during the statd bringup stall: http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/dmesg-akpm2.txt The interesting bit is: Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: rpc.statd S 0000001f2b1f297b 0 3479 3478 (NOTLB) Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: ffff81024ef2fb28 0000000000000082 0000000000000000 00000009000000c6 Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: 0000000000000246 000000000000004c ffff81025eba8040 ffff81025fe08100 Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: ffff81025eba8258 000000075e936000 00000000ffff29e4 0000000000000286 Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: Call Trace: Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff8048c513>] udp_poll+0x0/0x104 Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff8025e759>] schedule_timeout+0x8a/0xad Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff8028d7a3>] process_timeout+0x0/0x5 Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff8022ed7b>] do_sys_poll+0x27a/0x35c Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff8021e6a6>] __pollwait+0x0/0xdd Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff80284486>] default_wake_function+0x0/0xe Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff80333c56>] socket_has_perm+0x5b/0x68 Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff802510ea>] sock_sendmsg+0xea/0x107 Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff8048eacb>] arp_bind_neighbour+0x6b/0x9f Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff8029696e>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff80254bf4>] __ip_route_output_key+0x709/0x7c4 Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff804565a5>] sys_sendto+0x128/0x151 Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff80331502>] file_has_perm+0x48/0xa3 Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff80249319>] sys_poll+0x32/0x3b Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: [<ffffffff8025911e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 Apr 23 12:01:15 akpm2 kernel: Apr 23 12:01:51 akpm2 rpc.statd[3479]: gethostbyname error for akpm2.corp.google.com I think I saw the same problem maybe 1.5 weeks ago on this machine, but I didn't have time to investigate further. So it's not some recent thing. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html