> At a guess, I'd say that a disk device driver has dropped an interrupt and
> I/O completion has not happened.
>
> Check your kernel log and dmesg output for anything untoward, and then try
> invoking sysrq-P and sysrq-T to find out where everythihg is stuck.
Unrelated to this problem, but it reminded me...
I've not heard any compelling arguments saying that these[1] patches
are wrong.
Dave
[1] http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0301.1/2217.html
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