Bug#517449: linux-image-2.6.26-2-vserver-amd64: still getting "task <task:pid> blocked for more than 120 seconds." kernel log messages

[Timo Veith <timo.veith@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

sorry if my message from yesterday was noise too, but I haven't
understood yet why those kernel log messages appear anyway. Somebody in
this bug report pointed out that those "INFO: task xy blocked for more
than 120 seconds." are only symptoms of the real problem. Could somebody
explain the actual problem to me please?

What I have learned from this and from other similar bug reports like
this yet is, that it has something to do with the load which is on the
machine. But that is not clear enough to me.

TIA and kind regards,

Timo