>>>>> " " == Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> writes:
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> Netscape Mail and Navigator turn out to be wonderful test tools
> :)
> After booting pre7 release on a Dual P-II
> (CONFIG_M686/CONFIG_SMP), Netscape quickly hangs in the disk
> wait state, whenever going any (AFAICS) mmap-heavy operation.
This is known. Linus was a bit too quick to apply the changes to
invalidate_inode_pages() last night.
The first version of the patch produced by Juan was incorrect, and
will indeed lead to deadlocks of the type you describe.
Cheers,
Trond
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