Re: Strange freeze on 2.6.22 (deadlock?)

2008-01-09 Thread Brice Figureau
Hi, On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 18:16 -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > On 01/07/2008 02:06 PM, Brice Figureau wrote: > > > Thanks for the answer. > > I'm using whatever is the default mount option (which I think is > > data=ordered). The only other mount option I use is nodi

Re: Strange freeze on 2.6.22 (deadlock?)

2008-01-07 Thread Brice Figureau
On Mon, January 7, 2008 20:06, Brice Figureau wrote: > > On Mon, January 7, 2008 18:20, Randy Dunlap wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:48:54 +0100 Brice Figureau wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm seeing a strange complete server freeze/lock-up on an b

Re: Strange freeze on 2.6.22 (deadlock?)

2008-01-07 Thread Brice Figureau
On Mon, January 7, 2008 18:20, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:48:54 +0100 Brice Figureau wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm seeing a strange complete server freeze/lock-up on an bi-Xeon HT >> amd64 server running standard debian 2.6.22 (and before that van

Strange freeze on 2.6.22 (deadlock?)

2008-01-07 Thread Brice Figureau
7;m not subscribed to the list, so please CC: me for any anwser. Many thanks, -- Brice Figureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 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/

Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

2007-08-14 Thread Brice Figureau
original bug report, this will show exactly what is the disk workload in the baseline case _and_ in the underload atypical case. Maybe that will help to shed some lights on the issue? Anyway, thanks, -- Brice Figureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &qu

Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

2007-08-06 Thread Brice Figureau
Hi Andi, On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 00:17 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > Brice Figureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > 2) I _still_ don't get the "performances" of 2.6.17, but since that's the > > better combination I could get, I think there is

Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

2007-08-05 Thread Brice Figureau
e full bug report for any background information if needed. Unfortunately it isn't practical to git-bisect my issue as the server is a production server that can't be rebooted/stopped whenever I want (and since I found workarounds of the issue...). Thanks for showing interest in

Re: Understanding I/O behaviour

2007-07-06 Thread Brice Figureau
/dirty_ratio=1 and /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio=1 3) have /proc/sys/vm/swappiness=2 4) run Peter Zijlstra: per dirty device throttling patch on the top of 2.6.21.5: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0706.1/2776.html Hope that helps, -- Brice Figureau - To unsubscribe

Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] VM throttling: avoid blocking occasional writers

2007-03-02 Thread Brice Figureau
background_ratio = 1 > > This should reduce both the stress on the vm and response latency during > interactive work. I'll test the vfs_cache_pressure (I was already using those dirty_* settings) whenever I'll reboot the server to 2.6.20. Please CC: me on list replies as I'm not subscribe

Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] VM throttling: avoid blocking occasional writers

2007-03-02 Thread Brice Figureau
is patch we could verify both of us are dealing with the same issue or not. I'm ready to help any kernel developper who wants to look at my issue. Just ask what debug material you need and I'll try to provide it. Please CC: me on replies, as I'm not subscribed to the list. Regards,

Re: 2.6.10-ac10 oops in journal_commit_transaction

2005-03-04 Thread Brice Figureau
Hi Andrew, On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 15:37 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Brice Figureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000c > > printing eip: > > c01a858d > > *pde = &g

2.6.10-ac10 oops in journal_commit_transaction

2005-03-03 Thread Brice Figureau
mov(%ebx),%eax Unfortunately I don't have the knowledge (and time to aquire it) that will help me chase down this bug/problem. If you need more information (including .config and other) I'll be happy to provide it. Can you CC: me as I'm not subscribed to the list. Re