Re: pdflush stuck in D state with v2.6.24-rc1-192-gef49c32

[Florin Iucha <florin@iucha.net>]

On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 07:02:42PM -0500, Florin Iucha wrote:
> I have added the patches and started a linux kernel compilation, and
> something really interesting happens.  I run the build with the
> equivalent of "make -j3" and in a separate console I am watching the
> build with 'top'.  The build consumes 98% of both CPUs.  If I stop the
> output in the build console with "Ctrl-S", one core goes to idle,
> while the other is in 50% waiting, then goes to 75% waiting.  When I
> resume the build with "Ctrl-Q", the build starts to use both CPUs at
> 98-99%.  The NFS4 use was minimal, as I did not login with Gnome, but
> just logged on the console.  Also, the CPU that is in 75% waiting
> state changes occasionally.  'Top' shows pdflush in D state, using
> 5-6% of CPU.

I forgot the traces:

   http://iucha.net/2.6.24-rc1/fw.1.gz
   http://iucha.net/2.6.24-rc1/fw.2.gz
   http://iucha.net/2.6.24-rc1/fw.3.gz

florin

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