Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-19 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 04:44:48AM -0800, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > Note that this only shows up when using mke2fs to create very large > filesystems, and you have relatively little memory. In this particular If you can reproduce the oom of mke2fs on recent 2.2.19pre, could you try again after

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-19 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 04:44:48AM -0800, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: Note that this only shows up when using mke2fs to create very large filesystems, and you have relatively little memory. In this particular If you can reproduce the oom of mke2fs on recent 2.2.19pre, could you try again after

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread Samuel Flory
Tigran Aivazian wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Samuel Flory wrote: > > > What is believed to be the current status of the typical mke2fs > > crashes/hangs due to vm issues? I can reliably reproduce the issue on a > > heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18. Is there a kernel which is > >

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread Samuel Flory
Alan Cox wrote: > > > heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18. Is there a kernel which is > > believed to be a known good kernel? (both 2.2.x and 2.4.x) > > I've not seen the problem on unmodified 2.2.18. The 2.2.17/18 VM does have > its problems but not these. 2.2.19pre3 and higher have

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread Alan Cox
> case, for example, we saw it with a system that had "only" 256 megs of > memory, and creating a 72 gigabyte filesystem using a 8x9gb RAID > configuration. Ok I've only tested 90Gb on 2.2.19pre3, not more than that > workaround did fix IBM's problem, which lends credence to the theory > that

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread tytso
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:48:17 + (GMT) From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18. Is there a kernel which is > believed to be a known good kernel? (both 2.2.x and 2.4.x) I've not seen the problem on unmodified 2.2.18. The 2.2.17/18 VM

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread Tigran Aivazian
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Samuel Flory wrote: > What is believed to be the current status of the typical mke2fs > crashes/hangs due to vm issues? I can reliably reproduce the issue on a > heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18. Is there a kernel which is > believed to be a known good kernel?

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread Alan Cox
> heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18. Is there a kernel which is > believed to be a known good kernel? (both 2.2.x and 2.4.x) I've not seen the problem on unmodified 2.2.18. The 2.2.17/18 VM does have its problems but not these. 2.2.19pre3 and higher have the Andrea VM fixes which have

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread Alan Cox
heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18. Is there a kernel which is believed to be a known good kernel? (both 2.2.x and 2.4.x) I've not seen the problem on unmodified 2.2.18. The 2.2.17/18 VM does have its problems but not these. 2.2.19pre3 and higher have the Andrea VM fixes which have

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread Tigran Aivazian
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Samuel Flory wrote: What is believed to be the current status of the typical mke2fs crashes/hangs due to vm issues? I can reliably reproduce the issue on a heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18. Is there a kernel which is believed to be a known good kernel?

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread tytso
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:48:17 + (GMT) From: Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18. Is there a kernel which is believed to be a known good kernel? (both 2.2.x and 2.4.x) I've not seen the problem on unmodified 2.2.18. The 2.2.17/18 VM does

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread Alan Cox
case, for example, we saw it with a system that had "only" 256 megs of memory, and creating a 72 gigabyte filesystem using a 8x9gb RAID configuration. Ok I've only tested 90Gb on 2.2.19pre3, not more than that workaround did fix IBM's problem, which lends credence to the theory that the

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread Samuel Flory
Tigran Aivazian wrote: On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Samuel Flory wrote: What is believed to be the current status of the typical mke2fs crashes/hangs due to vm issues? I can reliably reproduce the issue on a heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18. Is there a kernel which is believed

Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

2001-02-16 Thread Samuel Flory
Alan Cox wrote: heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18. Is there a kernel which is believed to be a known good kernel? (both 2.2.x and 2.4.x) I've not seen the problem on unmodified 2.2.18. The 2.2.17/18 VM does have its problems but not these. 2.2.19pre3 and higher have the Andrea