3707 – Kernel instabilibty with XFS partitions.

Bug 3707 - Kernel instabilibty with XFS partitions.

Summary: Kernel instabilibty with XFS partitions.

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Brandon Low (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-06-13 17:11 UTC by Brian Olsen
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Brian Olsen 2002-06-13 17:11:01 UTC

I've had problems with kernel stability using 1.1a and 1.3.

Package is:

gentoo-sources: 2.4.19-r7

Problems:
Machine IO locks after a while.  Shows up randomly, mostly while building. 
Numlock key still works but system is totally unresponsive.

Saw this on the following 2 systems (repeatedly):
Dual P3 600 w/BX chipset and Seagate SCSI drives with a Symbios controller.
K6-2 500 system with IDE Seagate drive.

I rebuilt the systems on both witout XFS and the problems went away.

Comment 1 Michael Cohen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-06-25 16:51:59 UTC

try turning off preempt or similar.  Preempt seems to be troublesome on SMP.

Comment 2 Paul Wollner 2002-08-26 06:27:01 UTC

I am experiencing the exact same problems. With and without preempt. Strange 
thing on 2 of the systems it appears to be rock solid, and on another two it is 
extremely flaky. I have ruled out hardware problems, as I replaced both 
machines hardware. The machines that die are 1Ghz Celerons, 256MB ram, Onboard 
Intel NIC, and an additional 3COM NIC.

Comment 3 Brandon Low (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-09-06 17:50:17 UTC

please test with xfs-sources-2.4.19-r1, much fixage lately.

Comment 4 Brandon Low (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-10-01 08:16:05 UTC

reopen if still broken