Bug#970503: linux-image-5.8.0-1-amd64: using swap makes the machine hang

2020-09-18 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2020-09-18 10:23:01 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/8552 suggests a drive firmware > bug (which could explain the absence of errors with smartctl and > badblocks), but in this case the kernel might have a way to avoid it. > > Also I'm wondering why this

Bug#970503: linux-image-5.8.0-1-amd64: using swap makes the machine hang

2020-09-18 Thread Vincent Lefevre
There is the same issue with the 4.19.132-1 Linux kernel from stable. I've done more tests, and from a VT shortly after the boot, "memhog 15320M" was fine, but "memhog 15350M" gave errors in the console after some time, same as in the dmesg output below. [ 406.347520] ata1.00: exception Emask

Bug#970503: linux-image-5.8.0-1-amd64: using swap makes the machine hang

2020-09-17 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Package: src:linux Version: 5.8.7-1 Severity: important When swap is used (even a little), the machine hangs. A manual power-off is needed. To reproduce on my machine, which has 16 GB RAM and 20 GB swap: $ memhog 15G (command from the numactl package), e.g. just after the boot. The machine