It seems to me that this is fixed in the patches committed from #418197. Can anyone else confirm? I was able to delete around 2.6 million links and files in a single rm -rf, which would previously cause a lockup in a minute or two.
-- Soft lockups (freezes) when deleting files from ext4 partitions on 2.6.28 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330824 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs