RE: 2.4.0-test6-pre2 has a (buffercache?) lockup

Mike Galbraith (mikeg@weiden.de)
Sun, 6 Aug 2000 08:42:34 +0200 (CEST)


On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Alexander Viro wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Dunlap, Randy wrote:
>
> > > Mine always occurs (hangs) during "Bringing up interface lo"
> > > (RH 6.0 scripts). How can I debug this?
> >
> > How long ago had it started? Was -test5-pre* OK?
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Any test5 (pre- and final) were OK.
> > Problem began in test6-pre1 for me.
>
> Ouch. I don't see anything obviously related in the patch... I would
> probably start with putting echo foo > /dev/console into the
> /etc/.../network and searching for the binary that hangs. Then -
> strace the thing. Yes, it _is_ painful.

Kdb is lovely for chasing (if it's kernel) lockup problems.

-Mike

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