On Mar 16 2007 19:55, Michal Piotrowski wrote: >> > I've got *bad* news. Bug described here >> > http: //www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0703.0/index.html#0889 >> > http: //www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0703.0/index.html#1165 >> > probably leaked into mainline. >> > >> > Fsck! >> >> fsck indeed. I don't even understand what's happening with that one - it >> seems like the kernel schedules a user process, but never deschedules it >> again. >> > > Tomorrow, I'll try to find out how to reproduce this bug.
>From #0889: "I have noticed some strange system behavior. When i try to build a kernel (medium load) - X, keyboard, mouse and sound hangs." Note that ping is handled in interrupt or softirq context. So something has locked up. Try without X? Or perhaps attack a serial console/netconsole, and when it hangs, use Sysrq to dump the process' states. Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/