From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270776AbTGVBZo (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:25:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270778AbTGVBZo (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:25:44 -0400 Received: from dsl-gte-19434.linkline.com ([64.30.195.78]:24723 "EHLO server") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270776AbTGVBZm (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:25:42 -0400 Message-ID: <009c01c34ff2$3f70e8b0$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> From: "Jim Gifford" To: "Marcelo Tosatti" Cc: "Andrea Arcangeli" , "lkml" References: <042801c3472c$f4539f80$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <06e301c347c7$2a779590$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <002b01c347e9$36a04110$f300a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <001801c348a0$9dab91e0$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <008701c34a29$caabb0f0$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <20030719172103.GA1971@x30.local> <018101c34f4d$430d5850$3400a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> Subject: Re: 2.4.22-pre5 deadlock Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:40:22 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcelo Tosatti" To: "Jim Gifford" Cc: "Andrea Arcangeli" ; "lkml" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 5:45 AM Subject: Re: 2.4.22-pre5 deadlock > > > On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Jim Gifford wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andrea Arcangeli" > > To: "Jim Gifford" > > Cc: "Marcelo Tosatti" ; "lkml" > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 10:21 AM > > Subject: Re: 2.4.22-pre5 deadlock > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 10:03:03AM -0700, Jim Gifford wrote: > > > > As requested. > > > > > > please try to reproduce w/o devfs and/or w/o a kernel module that is > > > loadable called ipt_psd (netfilter stuff likely, but not part of > > > mainline pre6/pre7). probably it'll go away either ways and it seems > > > triggered by the process called couriertcpd. Not sure exactly what's > > > going on though, since looking into devfs/devfsd doesn't sound > > > interesting anymore and I don't see the netfilter code out of mainline. > > > > > > (probably this email will get some delay, so apologies if it is obsolete > > > by the time it reaches the network) > > > > > > Andrea > > > > > I have removed all non-standard iptables modules and the dazuko module. It > > locked up under pre6 without these modules, but pre7 hasn't caused a problem > > yet, it's at 28 hours so far, the record is three days. I have noticed > > increased memory usage, which is the starting sign of problems. > > Jim, > > The increased memory usage seems normal. Its the kernel cahcing more and > more buffers: they will be freed when the system needs memory. > > Lets wait and see what happens without the iptables and dazuko modules. > People on the Dell Boards keep talking about Redhat 8.0 locking up. http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=pes_linux&mes sage.id=1224