REASSIGN 794397 - xfs soft hang on "mknod" (& others?)

[pv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (lmc@xxxxxxx)]

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http://co-op.engr.sgi.com/BugWorks/code/bwxquery.cgi?search=Search&wlong=1&view_type=Bug&wi=794397

 Status : open                         Priority : 3                         
*Assigned Engineer : lord              Submitter : dxm                      
 Project : xfs-linux                   Assigned Group : xfs-linux           
 Opened Date : 06/21/00               *Modified User : lmc                  
*Modified User Domain : sgi.com       *Description :
syscalls into XFS can get hung up sleeping on an event
that doesn't ever happen (or just delayed for many seconds).

XFS qa 013 will often trip this bug: the fsstress process sits
in 'R' state, waiting for a syscall to return.

kdb> btp 16558
    EBP       EIP         Function(args)
0xc311fbd8 0xc01134b2 schedule+0x2b6 (0xc311fbec)
                               kernel .text 0xc0100000 0xc01131fc 0xc0113660

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (REASSIGN)
From: lmc@xxxxxxx (BugWorks)
Date: Jun 22 2000 08:29:11AM
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