Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm2

[Andrew Morton]

Jaakko Hyvätti <jaakko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm2/
> ...
> > - Found (and fixed) the bug which was causing those
> >   ext3-goes-readonly-under-load problems.  It was in the new wait/wakeup code.
> 
> Forgive me for asking a question that probably enough research would
> answer, but which exact patch of those listed does fix this problem?  I
> cannot find the right one myself, and I would like to just address this
> problem that has haunted me at least since 2.6.6, I guess.  Or is the fix
> too interdependent with other changes?

It was wait_on_bit-must-loop.patch.

But that simply fixes a bug which was introduced into an earlier
2.6.9-rcX-mmY kernel.  The bug is certainly not present in any Linus
kernel, nor in any 2.6.6/7/8 kernel.

So you're seeing something different.  Please send a full report.
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