From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261918AbTE2Fp0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2003 01:45:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261916AbTE2Fo2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2003 01:44:28 -0400 Received: from ip68-111-188-90.sd.sd.cox.net ([68.111.188.90]:6788 "EHLO rei.moonkingdom.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261917AbTE2FoS (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2003 01:44:18 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 22:57:35 -0700 From: Marc Wilson To: lkml Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc6 Message-ID: <20030529055735.GB1566@moonkingdom.net> Mail-Followup-To: lkml References: <20030529052425.GA1566@moonkingdom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 06:34:48AM +0100, Riley Williams wrote: > The basic problem there is that any mail client needs to know > just how many messages are in a particular folder to handle that > folder, and the only way to do this is to count them all. That's > what takes the time when one opens a large folder. No, the basic problem there is that the kernel is deadlocking. Read the VERY long thread for the details. I think I have enough on the ball to be able to tell the difference between mutt opening a folder and counting messages, with a counter and percentage indicator advancing, and mutt sitting there deadlocked with the HD activity light stuck on and all the rest of X stuck tight. And it just happened again, so -rc6 is no sure fix. What did y'all that reported the problem had gone away do, patch -rc4 with the akpm patches? ^_^ -- Marc Wilson | Fortune favors the lucky. msw@cox.net |