Holger Hoffstaette wrote:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:01:20 +1100, Dave Oxley wrote:
I upgraded from gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r4 to -r5 a couple of days ago and
got the below error messages in /var/log/messages. Also dovecot was using
100% CPU and could not be killed. This resulted in me having to hard reset
the server. This happened 3 times until I eventually reverted back to -r4
and all was stable again. The config used for both kernels was the same
and it happened after irregular intervals of between 5 hours and 9 hours.
Anyone have any ideas? Things are back to normal now but I will obviously
be wary about my next kernel upgrade.
More info and pointers to fix here:
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0812.1/02305.html
or
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0812.1/02590.html
Just apply the patch to lib/idr.c and things should be fine again (or wait
for stable.10). GregKH is doing an amazing job and it's not his fault, but
nevertheless the rate of changes to -stable has just totally spiralled out
of control.
-h
Thanks very much for the info. I won't worry about doing an upgrade
until .10. I agree, I think the whole kernel development team is doing a
wonderful job and this is the first proper hiccup I've had in years. :)
Cheers,
Dave.
