Hammer: processes blocked on a file

[Francois Tigeot]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:42:36AM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
> :For some reason, I have no trouble on one of my machines. I haven't been
> :able to pinpoint an obvious cause yet, but it now takes less than one hour
> :after a reboot to show.
> 
>     Please try this kernel patch, Francois:
> 
>     fetch http://apollo.backplane.com/DFlyMisc/hammer02.patch
> 
>     I haven't committed it yet.  I think it will fix the problem but if
>     you (and Mike) could test it first I'll know whether I have to keep
>     looking or not.

Thanks for the patch. My troubled machine has been running with it for
more than 8 hours now and the problem has yet to show itself.

Habitually, I would have seen the hang five or six times in this period.

-- 
Francois Tigeot