[vserver] Re: [resend] vs2.2.0.x and scheduler getting stuck

From: Grzegorz Nosek <grzegorz.nosek_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat 17 May 2008 - 10:59:19 BST
Message-ID: <121a28810805170259s6064b3afi95564b5f8a7d7935@mail.gmail.com>

2008/5/17, Grzegorz Nosek <grzegorz.nosek@gmail.com>:
> I've been experiencing some weird hangs (boom and it's dead, no panic,
> not even a softlockup or lockdep warning).

(...)

> I think that the solution would be to get some feedback from
> vx_try_unhold about whether any progress can be made at all (e.g. if the
> hold_queue is empty, vx_try_unhold will never change anything and
> vx_try_skip will just keep updating rq->idle_time).

And here's a preliminary patch (compile-tested only) - attached,
unless gmail screws something up.

BTW, any chance of reviving the idea of git.linux-vserver.org?

Best regards,
 Grzegorz Nosek

Received on Sat May 17 10:59:33 2008
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