Fascinating. So these kernel freezes are actually caused by the kernel entering an infinite loop? We should also check with other distros to see if the problem occurs with them. I know that none of the Ubuntu users I know personally seem to have the problem though. Including me.
thechef wrote: > I had a full system freeze (can't use mouse, keys, no network response / > pong) on 2.6.23 and 2.6.22.10 when I was transferring data. The freeze only > occured after a few days of runtime and only when transferring data. Not sure > if it was always from or to NFS drives, but there were always NFS drives > mounted. The last time it crashed was when I was transferring about 70 GB > over the network from an NFS drive to another NFS drive. As I really have > difficulty to reproduce this problem I ask if anyone has a system on which it > is easier to reproduce "this"(assuming that there is only one error) problem. > Can you test the newest kernel versions? > >> =2.6.23.8 >> > > Is it possible that an error such as this, can cause the problem? It's just > the one that looks most likely related, but I don't know what happens to a > infinite loop under the big kernel lock and how probable it is, under the > known conditions, that the kernel enters this infinite loop. (I'm not a > kernel programmer after all) > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.23.y.git;a=commit;h=97855b49b6bac0bd25f16b017883634d13591d00 > > -- Heavy network activity (eg: torrent/nfs file transfers) causes Hard System Locks and/or Network Freezes. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147464 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
