Bug#620216: linux-image-2.6.38-1-686: kernel hangs with XFS

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 08:25:05AM +0200, Thomas Prokosch wrote:
> Since the big XFS refacturing, kernels tend to hang on one particular machine. It is not a hardware problem, since the very same machine works flawlessly with the very same configuration, by just using an older (<=2.6.26) kernel.
> 
> Especially bad in this respect is the latest 2.6.38 as given in the email subject: The problem appears right after the reboot. I am filing this bug report on linux-image-2.6.37-1-686 which also shows hangs but only 1-2 times per week.
> 
> In order to isolate this bug, I am attending the kernel log for two distinct hangs (with a reboot in between) and disk information. I suspect that the problem occurs only on special types of disks, as I run almost the same configuration on multiple machines (same kernel, XFS formatted disks with the same XFS format version, same partitioning, etc.) without having any problems.
> 

I remember seeing a quite similar hang on 2.6.38 on a xftest run. please submit upstream on bugzilla.kernel.org
and let us know the bug nr.

thank you.

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maks